Mitsui: Three Centuries of Japanese Business by John G. Roberts - Japan - History - Mitsui Group

Title: Mitsui: Three Centuries of Japanese Business

Author: John G. Roberts / foreword by Chitoshi Yanaga

Description: Second printing, 1974. Boards in blue cloth with silver title on spine. Front cover slightly scuffed. Very small spot of soiling on the fore-edge of a few pages, else interior clean and unmarked. 67 illustrations on plates. Bibliography and index. Dust jacket not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. xiv + 564 pages.

A history of Mitsui, one of the oldest and one of the largest financial empires in Japan and the world's oldest large-scale business enterprise. The business dates back to 1673 when the farsighted head of the family became the last Mitsui samurai and became the first Mitsui to join the burgeoning merchant class. This three century history is traced up through the early 1970s and penetrates into the mysteries of the intricate and complex relationship between the government, the business empires, and the families that founded them.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: VG+
Jacket Condition: Fine

Publisher: Weatherhill
Place: New York | Tokyo
Year: 1974

ISBN: 0834800802

Keywords: Mitsui Group, Japan, history,