List of Famous people with last name Hisashige

Tanaka Hisashige

First Name Tanaka

Last Name Hisashige

Born on October 16, 1798

Died on November 7, 1881 (aged 83)

Born in Japan, Fukuoka Prefecture

Tanaka Hisashige 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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