Moriyoshi Iseki

Japanese: 井関盛良 - いせきもりよし
Moriyoshi Iseki

...In London, they became popular in Piccadilly and other areas after 1814, and were also installed in Bristol in 1823, but were gradually replaced by electric lights from the 1880s onwards. [Minoru Kawakita]
[Japan]
In 1871 (Meiji 4), the German consul in Yokohama planned to set up a gas company and applied to Kanagawa Prefecture, but the prefectural governor, Iseki Moriyoshi, feared that the business would fall into foreign hands, and in consultation with Takashima Kaemon and other volunteers, he planned to set up a separate gas manufacturing plant. Construction began under the design and supervision of French engineer Peregueren, and was completed in September of the following year, lighting gas lamps in the foreign settlement. This was the beginning of gas lighting in Japan.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Iseki Moriyoshi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ロンドンでは1814年以降,ピカデリーなどに普及したほか,23年にはブリストルにも設置されたが,80年代以降しだいに電灯に取って代わられた。【川北 稔】
[日本]
 1871年(明治4)横浜駐在ドイツ領事がガス会社設立を企て神奈川県に出願したが,県令井関盛良はこの事業が外国人の手中に陥ることを恐れ,高島嘉右衛門ら有志に諮って別にガス製造所の設立を計画し,フランス人技師ペレゲレンの設計監督のもとに工事を起こし,翌年9月完成して外国人居留地にガス灯を点火した。これが日本におけるガス灯の初めである。…

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