Eiichi Shibusawa on the portrait of the new 10,000 yen note Was selected, but Yukichi Fukuzawa and Prince Shotoku Like [ Ah! That person ] I should not be the only one who did not.
The only thing I can say is that I don't know what I did, but great Just say what.
So today, I've summarized Eiichi Shibusawa, so why not take a look at what the person did?
The birth of Eiichi Shibusawa
Besides, Tenpo 11 (1840) February 13 in the late Edo period, not the Meiji era. Born in Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture (Musashi Province at that time), which is famous for Fukaya green onions, as a farmer who manufactures and sells indigo plants.
Unlike ordinary farmers, I was in charge of buying and selling raw materials, so it was a job that always required a business talent to repel the abacus. From his childhood, Eiichi was given a book by his father and worked hard to study. He was mainly reading the analects.
When Eiichi was 13 years old, he was entrusted with the purchase of indigo by himself, and he was surprised by his father's business talent, probably because of the blood of a merchant. It is said that this experience of purchasing indigo led to the subsequent realistic rationalist thought.
I wake up to Sonnojoi, but I'm frustrated
Time is the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, Sonnojoi Eiichi began to interact with the Emperor Shishi while attending the Hokushin Ittou style dojo.
From that influence, he awakens to the idea of Sonno Joi and plans a defeat in cooperation with Choshu, but it turns out that what he tries to do by persuading Choshichiro Odaka is a suicide act and can not be helped by one person. I did.
In that respect, Eiichi had a realistic way of thinking, unlike the scholars who were willing to persuade others and were driven to the madness of Sonno Joi's thoughts and died. It can be said that his sense of balance with reality was outstanding due to the rational ideas he cultivated in commerce during his childhood.
Accompanying to the Paris Expo
After that, Eiichi Shibusawa A big turning point will come.
Yoshinobu Hitotsubashi Is general As a result, Eiichi became a vassal of the shogunate and moved to France as a member of the Paris Expo.
This trip to France is very risky for Eiichi Shibusawa, and if the shogunate collapses while traveling, there is a risk that the whereabouts of Eiichi, the bakushin, will disappear and the world will be dominated by those who contributed to the defeat. did.
But Eiichi chose to go to France at risk.
With the title of Akitake Tokugawa's army officer, he will visit the Paris Expo and visit European countries to witness advanced industries and armaments. At this time, Siebold's eldest son, Alexander, accompanied him as an interpreter, and after that he continued to make friends Japanese Red Cross Society . I am involved in.
This trip to France will overwhelm Eiichi Shibusawa with the development of Western-style capitalism, economics, and finance that Japan does not have. For the sake of the new Japan, I thought that Eiichi needed to bring back a Western-style economy and change the country as a whole.
After returning to Japan, go to the finance bureaucracy ...
It was the collapsed Edo Shogunate that was waiting for Eiichi to return to Japan. was.
Shogun Yoshinobu and the Bakushin and others were reluctant in the land of Shizuoka and accompanied by Eiichi, [ Shizuoka Chamber of Commerce ], And rebuilt Shizuoka's commerce. It was the Meiji government, which lacked human resources, that took notice of this skill.
Eiichi wasn't willing to help the new government, but Shigenobu Okuma I was persuaded by the Ministry of Finance to join the Ministry of Finance. In this way, Eiichi, as a bureaucrat of the Ministry of Popular Affairs, led the revision of the Ministry of Popular Affairs, planning reform plans, enacting weights and measures, and enacting National Bank Ordinance . Was involved in.
1872 The current Treasury Printing Bureau's predecessor Banknote dormitory However, he retired in 1873 due to a conflict with Toshimichi Okubo and Shigenobu Okuma over budgeting.
After retiring, he established Daiichi National Bank (now Mizuho Bank) when he was a bureaucrat. I was appointed president of the bank and decided to put myself in the business world. He was bought the experience of establishing a bank 77 National Bank I was also involved in the establishment of.
The road to the father of capitalism
The next thing I worked on was the paper industry. [ Papermaking (currently Oji Paper) ] Was involved in the establishment, but it was difficult to get on track. However, the newspaper boom caused by the Satsuma Rebellion helped to make a breakthrough in pulp.
[ Osaka Spinning (currently Toyobo) ], The deficit could not be filled only by the transformation of the clothing culture of clothes, and ironically, the increase in demand for military uniforms led to the breakthrough of spinning.
In addition, there are more than 500 companies in which Eiichi was involved ...
- Tokyo Gas
- Tokio Marine &Nichido Fire Insurance (currently Tokio Marine &Nichido Fire Insurance)
- Garden City (currently Tokyu)
- Chichibu Cement (currently Taiheiyo Cement)
- Imperial Hotel
- Chichibu Railway
- Keihan Electric Railway
- Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Kirin Brewery (currently Kirin Holdings)
- Sapporo Beer (currently Sapporo Holdings)
- Dai-Nippon Sugar
- Meiji Sugar
- Shibusawa Warehouse
I was involved in the establishment of the company to the extent that I could not raise it above, and in the early Showa period Eiichi Shibusawa Ryumonsha where business owners who yearn for Was launched, and its membership has grown to thousands.
In 1897, he entered politics and worked as a member of the House of Lords, and in 1897 he was the first civilian to receive the Order of the Sacred Treasure. In his later years, in addition to his economic activities, he contributed to the enhancement of education, medical care and welfare, and the development of international exchange.
At the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake, despite being 83 years old, he struggled to support the victims.
Educational achievements
Eiichi is also focusing on education, and the Commercial Training School [ Hitotsubashi University ], Okura Commercial School [ Tokyo Keizai University ] In addition to making efforts to establish Nishogakusha University I am also appointed as the president of. Also, considering the need for girls' education, together with Hirobumi Ito and others, Japan Women's College, Tokyo Jogakkan Was involved in the establishment of.
This is the second time that Eiichi Shibusawa has become a banknote! ??
When the new banknote is issued in 2024, the portrait of the new 10,000 yen bill will be [ Eiichi Shibusawa ] Was decided.
If you've read this far, Eiichi Shibusawa will be a convincing person, but he seems to have been a candidate for portrait of the 1000-yen bill in 1963. At this time, he was a bearded person to prevent counterfeiting. [ Hirobumi Ito ] Was decided.
However, in the era when it was called the Empire of Japan, on the Korean Peninsula before the merger of the Korean Empire, a banknote with Eiichi Shibusawa drawn in 1902 from the Bank of Korea, which is the de facto central bank under the supervision of the Japanese government. Was issued.
What exactly did Eiichi Shibusawa do? Summary
It is Eiichi Shibusawa who created the origins of many companies that are currently making a name for themselves.
Without him, Japan's economic development is said to have been delayed for decades. Moreover, he has supported not only the business side but also various social activities.
I wonder why so many people haven't been picked up in a big way.
What's amazing about Eiichi Shibusawa?
- Turned from the defeat activity, became a bakushin under Tokugawa Yoshinobu and then served the Meiji government
- When he left the Meiji government, he helped establish 500 companies in 600 industries.
- Preach the [moral economic unification theory] that the balance between private interest and public interest is important
- He has also contributed to peace between Japan and the United States and is a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize ...
Shibusawa Eiichi's Quotations
- Savings sacrifice present enjoyment to enjoy the future
It seems that Shibusawa had a big debt when he was young, and he said he had spared the big debt and paid it off. From that lesson, he may have preached the need for savings.
- It's not always good to be frugal
Contradictory to the above, people have come to think that if they spend less, they will need less income, and they will lose their aspirations. If you compare it to a country. The national tax will decrease and the nation will become poor. Therefore, it is better to spend money according to your height while being frugal.
- Heaven also blesses those who serve for society
If you pursue only your own interests, you will only be resented by others. If it is the same, try to work for society and set it up.
Born in the Showa and Heisei eras after the war, we live in a state where the economic infrastructure is in place by nature, so we do not feel uncomfortable with the current situation, but the basis of the natural situation was around the Meiji era. It was Eiichi Shibusawa who created it.
To put it more simply, Eiichi Shibusawa is a very amazing person when considering the level of adding all the people who built platforms on the Internet such as Masayoshi Son, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, etc. You can imagine.
If you hold down only this, the NHK Taiga drama from February 14, 2021 [ Reach Beyond the Blue Sky ] Should be interesting.