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Founding of Itochu
- When
- 1858
- Where
- Toyosato
Chubei Itoh began door-to-door linen wholesaling in 1858, shortly after Japan opened to foreign trade.
The business started in 1858, focusing on regions between Osaka and Kyushu. This occurred shortly after the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, which established free trade with five countries. The legacy row specifies the location as Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, and dates the founding to May 1, 1858; the cited passages confirm only the year and the founder's activity.
Sources
- Itochu Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.