YASUDA Zenjiro I

Date of Birth and Death
November 25, 1838 - September 28, 1921
Birthplace (modern name)
Toyama
Occupation, Status
Businessperson

Description

Businessman. The founder of the Yasuda Zaibatsu (Yasuda financial group). Born in Toyama as the son of a lower-ranked samurai of the Toyama Clan. At the age of 17, he came to Edo to serve an apprenticeship. In 1864, he opened a money change shop called Yasuda-ya. Yasuda made money by dealing in dajokan-satsu (bills), government bonds, and government savings and became one of the best financers in Tokyo. He helped found Dai San Kokuritsu Ginko (the Third National Bank) in 1876 and opened the Yasuda Bank in 1880. He became the director of the Bank of Japan that was established in 1882. He also expanded into the life and damage insurance businesses. In his later years, he donated the Yasuda Hall of the University of Tokyo and the Hibiya Kokaido hall. Yasuda was assassinated by an ultra nationalist, Heigo Asahi, in 1921.

Publications

National Diet Library's collections

SNS

YASUDA Zenjiro I

  • Portrait of YASUDA Zenjiro I1
  • Portrait of YASUDA Zenjiro I2
  • Portrait of YASUDA Zenjiro I3