The was a trading and shipping
company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...
and private
navy, considered to be the first
corporation in
modern Japan.
Kaientai, originally named Kameyama Shachū (亀山社中, "Kameyama Troupe"), was founded by
Sakamoto Ryōma in
Nagasaki in 1865 during the
Bakumatsu, and it was initially funded by the
Satsuma Domain
The , briefly known as the , was a domain (''han'') of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871.
The Satsuma Domain was based at Kagoshima Castle in Satsuma Province, the core of the modern city of Kagoshima, ...
and other groups and domains.
The logo of
SoftBank Group is based on the idea of a "21st century Kaientai".
Members of Kaientai
Born in Tosa Domain
*
Sakamoto Ryōma – a commanding officer of Kaientai
*
Iwasaki Yatarou
* Sawamura Sōnojho
*
Sasaki Takayuki – a second commanding officer of Kaientai after Ryōma's death
* Nagaoka Ken'ichi
* Ishida Eikichi
* Sakamoto Nao – Ryōma's adopted child
* Sugano Kakubei
* Jingū Umanosuke
* Nomura Koreaki
Born in Echizen Province
* Seki Yoshiomi
* Watanabe Gōhachi
* Odani Kōzō
Born in Kishū Domain
*
Mutsu Munemitsu
References
External links
Nagasaki Kameyamashachū Memorial Museum''(Japanese)''
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Nagasaki
1860s establishments in Japan
Meiji Restoration
Japanese Navy
Shipping companies of Japan