Global InformationMasajiro Furuya information
Masajiro Furuya (古屋政次郎,[1] November 7, 1862—February 15, 1938; sometimes written as Masahiro Furuya[2]), founder of the Furuya Company, was a Japanese American banker, merchant, and manufacturer, whose career took place largely in Seattle, Washington, United States.[3][4] Gary Iwamoto described him in 2005 as "perhaps the most prominent local [Seattle] businessman of the early 20th Century" and "certainly the top businessman among Japanese on the Pacific Coast" during that period.[4]
- ^ "People at Japan Day: The first generation of Japanese-American leaders", AYPE Japan, cinarc.org (Chinese in Northwest America Research Committee), 2009-07-06. Accessed 2012-12-24.
- ^ Example of Masahiro spelling: Historic Furuya Building Pt. 1 Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine on VintageSeattle.org. Accessed 2012-12-24.
- ^ Clarence Bagley, History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 3. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1916. p. 1126-1127. Online on Google Books. Accessed 2012-12-24.
- ^ a b Gary Iwamoto, Rise & Fall of an Empire FURUYA: imm.1890, International Examiner, 2005-08-29. Accessed 2012-12-24.