Ikegami Tarozaemon

Japanese: 池上太郎左衛門 - いけがみ・たろうざえもん

Year of death: 15th February 1798 (31st March 1798)
Year of birth: 1718
A developer of new fields and industrial entrepreneur in the mid-Edo period. Born in Daishigawara Village, Tachibana County, Musashi Province (Kawasaki City). His family name was Yukitoyo. In 1752, he received permission to develop 15 chobu (approx. 1000 m2) of coastal beaches and outshore islands, and developed Ikegami Shinden. The development of new fields is unique in that it was coastal beaches and outshore islands, and he called himself an "undersea new field developer." He also worked hard to develop industries such as salt production, sugar cane sugar, and ginseng. He is known for his efforts in particular to spread sugar cane sugar throughout the country. It was largely due to the efforts of Ikegami that sugar production became possible throughout the country during the late Edo period, and he established his position as the "originator of Japanese sugar manufacturing." <References> Matsuyoshi Sadao, "Study of New Fields," Sengoku Tsuruyoshi, "On Ikegami Yukitoyo and the Spread of Japanese Sugar Manufacturing" (Research in Japanese Regional History)

(Ochiai Isao)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：寛政10.2.15(1798.3.31)
生年：享保3(1718)
江戸中期の新田開発家,殖産興業家。武蔵国橘樹郡大師河原村(川崎市)生まれ。字は幸豊。宝暦2(1752)年許可を得て,海浜の寄洲,出洲において15町歩余の開発を行い,池上新田を開発した。新田開発の対象が海浜の寄洲,出洲であることに特色があり,「海中新田開発人」と自称している。また,製塩業,甘蔗砂糖,朝鮮人参など殖産興業にも尽力した。特に甘蔗砂糖の全国的伝播に努めたことは知られたところである。幕末期に,国内各地で砂糖生産を可能としたのは,この池上氏の尽力によるところが大きく,「和製砂糖の元祖」としての地位を築いた人物である。<参考文献>松好貞夫『新田の研究』,仙石鶴義「池上幸豊と和製砂糖の拡布について」(『日本地域史研究』)

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