About Yodoya Kotomasa
Lived 1576 – 1643 (aged 66–67). Yodoya Kotomasa was a Japanese businessperson.
(1576–1643) was a Japanese wealthy merchant of the early Edo period. His real name was Okamoto Kotomasa. He was commonly called as Yodoya Saburōemon. He was the second head of the first "Yodoya" founded by the Okamoto family. As a merchant of Osaka, he was a prominent rice dealer who worked with various daimyōs. He is known as the developer of Nakanoshima.
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Who was Yodoya Kotomasa?
Japanese merchant
When was Yodoya Kotomasa born?
Yodoya Kotomasa was born in 1576.
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Yodoya Kotomasa died in 1643.
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Yodoya Kotomasa was a businessperson.
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Yodoya Kotomasa was Japanese.
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