Kichijiro Asano

Japanese: 浅野吉次郎 - あさの きちじろう
Kichijiro Asano
1859-1926 A businessman from the Meiji to Taisho era.
Born on May 14, 1858. His family manufactured barrels and pails for the Owari Nagoya Domain. He studied British tea boxes made from plywood, and in 1909 he completed the Asano-style plywood. By 1924, he was supplying most of the plywood for airplanes in Japan. He passed away on February 26, 1926. He was 68 years old.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:
1859-1926 明治-大正時代の事業家。
安政6年5月14日生まれ。生家は樽(たる)や桶(おけ)の製造で尾張(おわり)名古屋藩の御用をつとめる。ベニヤでつくられたイギリス製茶箱を研究し,明治42年浅野式合板を完成。大正13年ごろには国内の飛行機用合板のほとんどを供給した。大正15年2月26日死去。68歳。

出典 講談社デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plusについて 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Yoshinaga Asano

>>:  Shigenaga Asano - Asano Mochinaga

Recommend

Triple Intervention

Russia, Germany, and France interfered in Japan&#...

Parliamentary cabinet system

A political system in which the term of office of...

Izumiya Tashin

...The protagonist of Edo-made erotic ware by San...

Kasegi - Making money

...One theory is that this is because of the dist...

California Condor

…Their morphology and ecology resemble those of v...

KGB - KGB

〘Noun〙 (From the abbreviation of Komitjet gosudars...

Malcolm Hearn

1833‐1908 A modern Iranian reformist. Born into an...

Okinawa Kimuragumo - Okinawa Kimuragumo

...Around May to August, they make pot-shaped egg...

AM - Am

1. Amplitude modulation. 2. Abbreviation for “AM B...

Actor mouth shamisen - Yakushakuchisamisen

Actor Review Record. Written by Ejima Kiseki. Publ...

orthochromatic

... The silver halide used as a photosensitive ma...

Employed population - working population

The term refers to the group of employed persons....

Fuller

…The New Testament, the Gospel of Mark, states th...

Enryakuji Temple

The head temple of the Tendai sect is located in ...

Demon monster - Machine

Ghost. See the entry for "oni" (demon). ...