The House of Mitsui

This volume contains a detailed history of the Mitsui family, one of the most powerful families in Japan, whose ancestry goes back centuries & is closely coupled with the rise of Japan to the position of a political & military power. “To set forth how the Mitsuis achieved that position is the purpose of this book. It has been said, frequently, that the economic history of Japan is the history of the Mitsuis. It is true, insomuch as these facts are borne in mind: that there was only the b