Born in Kagoshima, Satsuma, into a family of Confucian scholars.
He studied at the Nagasaki Naval Training Center.
He sailed to Shanghai on a shogunate ship and observed foreign trade.
He was taken prisoner by the British in the Anglo-Satsuma War.
He led Satsuma students to Britain and bought machinery and weapons.
Joining the new government, he handled negotiations with foreigners in Osaka.
Leaving office, he became a businessman in Osaka, launching mining and other ventures.
He founded the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and became its first president.
He helped found a school to train merchants (later Osaka City University).
He died of illness in Tokyo, remembered for his contribution to Osaka's economic growth.
Komatsu Tatewaki (Kiyokado)Terashima Munenori
Iwasaki YatarōMaejima HisokaMatsukata MasayoshiEnomoto TakeakiInoue KaoruItagaki TaisukeTani TatekiSanjō Sanetomi
People of the Meiji period ・ People by period
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