Suzuki Chokichi For Kiryu Kosho Kaisha

מקום: Edo (Present-Day Tokyo)

נוֹלָד: 1848

מָוֶת: 1919

בִּיוֹגְרַפִיָה:

Suzuki Chokichi was born in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in 1848. He started his own bronze-casting business in Edo at the age of 18, around the very start of the Meiji era. In 1874, he began to work for Kiryū Kōshō Kaisha (The Pioneering Craft and Commerce Company), a government export company. He became one of the directors of the company and was appointed a Tesihitsu Gigei-In (Imperial Artist) in 1896. He was a major figure in the development of Japanese bronze-casting and is known for his works for Kiryū Kōshō Kaisha. He died in 1919.