Hisashige Tanaka (田中 久重, October 16, 1799 – November 7, 1881) was a Japanese businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and rangaku scholar who was prominent during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period in Japan. In 1875, he founded what became the Toshiba Corporation. He has been called the "Thomas Edison of Japan" or "Karakuri Giemon."[1]
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HisashigeTanaka (田中 久重, October 16, 1799 – November 7, 1881) was a Japanese businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and rangaku scholar who was prominent...
writes characters on paper. Yumi-Hiki Doji made by TanakaHisashige. Moji-kaki doll made by TanakaHisashige. According to Kirsty Boyle, a student of one of...
after being delisted. Tanaka Seisakusho (田中製作所, Tanaka Engineering Works) was the first company established by TanakaHisashige (1799–1881), one of the...
as the Universal Myriad year clock designed in 1850 by the inventor TanakaHisashige, the founder of what would become the Toshiba corporation.[citation...
1889–1947), Japanese general Hisao Tanaka, also known as Martin Tanaka (died 1991), American professional wrestler TanakaHisashige (田中 久重, 1799–1891), Japanese...
manufacturing the same Masuoka, F.; Asano, M.; Iwahashi, H.; Komuro, T.; Tanaka, S. (December 1984). "A new flash E2PROM cell using triple polysilicon technology"...
techniques. Among those who studied mechanical science at that time, TanakaHisashige, the founder of Toshiba, is worthy of special mention. Because of the...
readership. The production and complexity of clocks reached its peak with TanakaHisashige's man-nen dokei (万年時計) or myriad year clock. This has six faces that...
Tanaka Seisakusho (田中製作所, Tanaka Engineering Works) was the first company established by TanakaHisashige, one of the most original and productive inventor-engineers...
first mechanical astronomical clock to be mass-marketed. In Japan, TanakaHisashige made a Myriad year clock in 1851. More recently, independent clockmaker...
Maurice Hilleman (1919–2005) – vaccines against childhood diseases TanakaHisashige (1799–1881), Japan – Myriad year clock Ted Hoff (born 1937), U.S. –...
first recorded attempts at manufacturing a steam engine in Japan, by HisashigeTanaka. These largely unsuccessful attempts continued until July 8, 1853,...
locomotive to the Japanese. Ishiguro Hirotsugu, Nakamura Kisuke, and TanakaHisashige were among the first Japanese engineers, who attempted to manufacture...
Kurume Domain Arima Clan Cemetery In chronological order of birth year: TanakaHisashige (1799-1881) Engineer and Inventor who started the company which became...
which led to Japan's first manufacture of a steam engine, created by TanakaHisashige. The following year, Perry returned with seven ships and forced the...
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