Saihei Hirose

Deceased Person

1828 – 1914

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Who was Saihei Hirose?

Saihei Hirose was a Japanese mining businessman and former head of the board of directors of Sumitomo Zaibatsu from 1877 to 1894. Prior to that, he was manager of the Besshi Copper Mine, which he extensively modernised using Western technology.

There is a museum dedicated to him in Niihama, called the Hirose Memorial Museum.

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Born
Jun 16, 1828
Shiga Prefecture
Died
1914

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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