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Shinshichi, Iida III (1852-1909)

Postcard from 1947 showing one of the Takashimaya department stores. Postcard from 1947 showing one of the Takashimaya department stores.

Iida Shinshichi III (1852-1909) was the director of the Takashimaya department store. He is credited with the promotion and export of Japanese embroidery, especially Kyoto embroidery, onto the world market.

Source: McDERMOTT, Hiroko T. (2010). 'Meiji Kyoto textile art and Takashimaya,' Monumenta Nipponica Vol. 65, No. 1 (Spring 2010), pp. 37-88.

Digital source of illustration (retrieved 1 October 2016).

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