Kaientai

Flag of Kaientai

Kameyama Shachū Memorial Museum

The Kaientai (海援隊, Kaientai, "Maritime Support Force") was a trading and shipping company and private navy, considered to be the first corporation in modern Japan.

Kaientai, originally named Kameyama Shachū (亀山社中, "Kameyama Troupe"), was founded by Sakamoto Ryōma in Nagasaki in 1865 during the Bakumatsu, and it was initially funded by the Satsuma Domain and other groups and domains.

The logo of SoftBank Group is based on the idea of a "21st century Kaientai".^[1]

Members of Kaientai

Kaientai members, around January 1867. From left: Nagaoka Kenkichi, Mizobuchi Hironojō, Sakamoto Ryōma, Yamamoto Kōdō, Sugano Kakubei, Shiramine Shunme.

Born in Tosa Domain

Sakamoto Ryōma – a commanding officer of Kaientai
Iwasaki Yatarou
Sawamura Sōnojho
Sasaki Takayuki – a second commanding officer of Kaientai after Ryōma's death
Nagaoka Ken'ichi
Ishida Eikichi
Sakamoto Nao – Ryōma's adopted child
Sugano Kakubei
Jingū Umanosuke
Nomura Koreaki

Born in Echizen Province

Seki Yoshiomi
Watanabe Gōhachi
Odani Kōzō

Born in Kishū Domain

Mutsu Munemitsu

References

^ "Origin of Brand Name and Logo". SoftBank Group Corp. Retrieved 2018-09-25.

External links

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Rules of Kaientai

Nagasaki Kameyamashachū Memorial Museum (Japanese)

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