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| − | '''Fusajiro Yamauchi''' (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of [[Nintendo]] | + | '''Fusajiro Yamauchi''' (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of [[Nintendo]] (then known as [[Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.]] or Nintendo Karuta in 1889).<ref>[https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=186121 Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.]</ref><ref>[http://blog.beforemario.com/2022/09/nintendos-oldest-playing-cards-marufuku.html Beforemario.com - Marufuku No. 1]</ref><ref>Note, at this point the kana in たるか were read from right-to-left; so it was Nintendo Karuta rather than Nintendo Taruka</ref> |
| − | + | The Nintendo building was launched in Shomen-Dori, Kyoto. On April 1, 2022; the building occupying the same space was reopened as [[Marufukuro Hotel]].<ref>[http://blog.beforemario.com/2022/07/former-nintendo-hq-opens-as-marufukuro.html "Former Nintendo HQ opens as Marufukuro hotel (and beforemario is present, in book form)" - Beforemario.com - July 31, 2022]</ref> | |
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| + | Fusajiro Yamauchi was born in {{wp|Kyoto}}, {{wp|Japan}} in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.<ref>Jinji Kōshinroku Dai 9th Edition (Personnel Koshinsho, 1931); [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%86%85%E6%88%BF%E6%B2%BB%E9%83%8E via Japanese Wikipedia citation (人事興信所編『人事興信録 第9版』（人事興信所、1931年)]</ref> | ||
Before forming Nintendo, he worked at the Haiko Cement Company.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190107041826/https://meiji150.kyoto/feature/haiko-nintendo-origin/ Meiji150.Kyoto ; "灰孝本店と任天堂の基礎を築いた山内房治郎（山内一正さん）" (2017 web article)]</ref> | Before forming Nintendo, he worked at the Haiko Cement Company.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190107041826/https://meiji150.kyoto/feature/haiko-nintendo-origin/ Meiji150.Kyoto ; "灰孝本店と任天堂の基礎を築いた山内房治郎（山内一正さん）" (2017 web article)]</ref> | ||
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His successor was his son-in-law [[Sekiryo Kaneda]]. | His successor was his son-in-law [[Sekiryo Kaneda]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:08, 4 October 2022
Fusajiro Yamauchi (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of Nintendo (then known as Marufuku Nintendo Card Co. or Nintendo Karuta in 1889).[1][2][3]
The Nintendo building was launched in Shomen-Dori, Kyoto. On April 1, 2022; the building occupying the same space was reopened as Marufukuro Hotel.[4]
Fusajiro Yamauchi was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.[5]
Before forming Nintendo, he worked at the Haiko Cement Company.[6]
His successor was his son-in-law Sekiryo Kaneda.
References
Reworked from the English and Japanese Wikipedia articles.
- ↑ Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.
- ↑ Beforemario.com - Marufuku No. 1
- ↑ Note, at this point the kana in たるか were read from right-to-left; so it was Nintendo Karuta rather than Nintendo Taruka
- ↑ "Former Nintendo HQ opens as Marufukuro hotel (and beforemario is present, in book form)" - Beforemario.com - July 31, 2022
- ↑ Jinji Kōshinroku Dai 9th Edition (Personnel Koshinsho, 1931); via Japanese Wikipedia citation (人事興信所編『人事興信録 第9版』（人事興信所、1931年)
- ↑ Meiji150.Kyoto ; "灰孝本店と任天堂の基礎を築いた山内房治郎（山内一正さん）" (2017 web article)
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