Tanaka Hisashige, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese engineer
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Place of Birth: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
About Tanaka Hisashige
- Tanaka Hisashige (?? ??, October 16, 1799 – November 7, 1881) was a Japanese rangaku scholar, engineer and inventor 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."
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