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  1. Iwasaki Yatarō (岩崎 弥太郎, January 9, 1835 – February 7, 1885) was a Japanese industrialist and financier known as the founder of Mitsubishi, one of Japan's largest conglomerates.

  2. Yataro Iwasaki was the bold and ambitious entrepreneur who started Mitsubishi. The son of a provincial farmer, Yataro began his career in the employ of the Tosa clan. The clan held business interests in many parts of Japan, which whetted the young man's ambition.

  3. Iwasaki Yatarō (born Jan. 9, 1835, Tosa province, Japan—died Feb. 7, 1885, Tokyo) was an industrial entrepreneur who founded the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, the second largest of the family-owned industrial-financial combines that dominated the economic life of Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of petty samurai (warrior class) origin

  4. We focus on Mitsubishi founder Yataro Iwasaki's ties with Ryoma Sakamoto, an influential figure in the days leading up to the Meiji Restoration. In 1867, Yataro was assigned to the Tosa Clan's trading office in Nagasaki, where he assisted Shojiro Goto, who had become an influential official.

  5. Considers the entrepreneurial career of the founder of Mitsubishi, Yataro Iwasaki, who built a large shipping company against the opposition of powerful Western incumbents.

    • Geoffrey G. Jones, Masako Egawa, Mayuka Yamazaki
    • 2008
  6. We chronicle the story of Mitsubishi founder. Yataro Iwasaki through a timeline of his life. In 1854, Yataro secured a chance to study in Edo.

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  8. Learn about the life and achievements of IWASAKI Yataro, the founder of the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, a leading Japanese business group. He started as a samurai in Kochi and became a successful trader and shipowner in Osaka and Nagasaki.