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businessman and founder of the petroleum company

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.'' International Directory of Company Histories'' , Vol. 49. St. James Press, 2003 as quoted on and He was also an art collector, especially fond of

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. He is the father of the Japanese experimental video artist,

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20th-century Japanese businesspeople Businesspeople in the oil industry Japanese philanthropists Museum founders Japanese art collectors People from Fukuoka Prefecture 1885 births 1981 deaths Kobe University alumni {{Japan-business-bio-stub

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