Nobuo Komuro

Businessman and politician. Born on the last day of September in the 10th year of Tenpo (New Year's Day in another book) in Iwataki Village, Yosa County, Tango Province (Yosano Town, Kyoto Prefecture). He was a member of the wealthy Yamagaya family of merchants, and ran a raw silk and crepe business. His first names were Rikizo and Shindayu, and he also called himself Jin'an. He associated with Sonno Joi patriots in Kyoto, and in 1863 (Bunkyu 3), he participated in the incident of beheading wooden statues of the Ashikaga clan, and was imprisoned in the Tokushima domain. After his release in 1868 (Meiji 1), he became a samurai of the same domain, and served as Choshigonbenji (Choshigon Benji), Governor of Iwahana Prefecture, Grand Counselor of the Tokushima Domain, Junior Councillor, and Third Class Councillor, before retiring in October 1872. During that time, he was ordered to inspect various countries in January of the same year, and mainly investigated railway businesses, returning to Japan in 1873. In 1874, he participated in the petition for the establishment of a popularly elected parliament, and later participated in the founding of the Jijosha and Aikokusha. After that, he was active in the business world, and founded many companies, including the 130th National Bank, Ou Railway, Hokkaido Transportation, Kyoto Railway, and Kokura Silk Mill, and became presidents and executive officers of these companies. During that time, he became a founding committee member of Kyodo Unyu Kaisha (Kyodo Unyu Kaisha) in 1883, and when it merged with Mitsubishi Kaisha to become Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) in 1885, he became a director. He was appointed as a member of the House of Peers by Imperial appointment in 1871. He died on June 5, 1898.

[Kumiko Harada]

"Hyakukan Rekishi, Volume 2" (1928, Japan Historical Records Association)" ▽ "Yamada Tatsuo, "A Short Biography of Komuro Chokan and His Son" (1924, privately published)" ▽ "Hattori Yukimasa, "Komuro Nobuo" (Rekishi, No. 9, 1937 / Collected Works of Hattori Yukimasa, Volume 6, Rironsha, 1955)" ▽ "Shiojiri Tadashi, "The Nature of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement as Seen in Komuro Nobuo" (Ritsumeikan Bungaku, No. 108, 1954)"

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実業家、政治家。天保(てんぽう)10年9月晦日(みそか)（別書では正月）丹後(たんご)国与謝(よさ)郡岩滝村（京都府与謝野(よさの)町）に生まれる。豪商山家(やまが)屋の一族で、生糸縮緬(ちりめん)商を営む。初名利喜蔵(りきぞう)・信太夫。訒菴(じんあん)と号す。京都で尊攘(そんじょう)派志士と交わり、1863年（文久3）足利(あしかが)氏木像梟首(きょうしゅ)事件に参加、徳島藩に幽閉される。1868年（明治1）釈放後同藩士に列し、徴士権弁事(ちょうしごんべんじ)、岩鼻(いわはな)県知事、徳島藩大参事、少議官、三等議官を歴任、1872年10月退官した。その間、同年1月各国視察を命ぜられ、主として鉄道事業を調査し、1873年帰国した。1874年民撰(みんせん)議院設立建白に加わり、ついで自助社(じじょしゃ)、愛国社の創立にも参加した。以後は実業界で活動し、第百三十国立銀行、奥羽鉄道、北海道運輸、京都鉄道、小倉製糸など、多くの会社企業をおこし社長・重役となる。その間、1883年共同運輸会社の創立委員となり、1885年三菱(みつびし)会社と合併し日本郵船会社となるや理事に就任した。1871年勅選の貴族院議員となる。明治31年6月5日死去。

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『『百官履歴　下巻』（1928・日本史籍協会）』▽『山田立夫著『小室訒葊翁父子小伝』（1924・私家版）』▽『服部之総「小室信夫」（『歴史』9号・1937／『服部之総著作集　第6巻』所収・1955・理論社）』▽『塩尻正「小室信夫に見られる自由民権運動の性格」（『立命館文学』108号所収・1954）』

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