Kadono Ikunoshin
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Kadono Ikunoshin

Japanese businessman and politician1

Kadono Ikunoshin (門野幾之進; 1856 – 1938) was a Japanese samurai and businessman. He has a younger brother Kadono Jūkurō (1867 - 1958) who was a Japanese railway engineer, businessman, and the Chairman of Ōkura Gumi (1914 - 1937).2

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Born 1856, died 1938.1

Companies

Career

Occupation: politician, businessperson.4

  • Date not recordedMember of the House of Peers3

In 1904, Kadono founded Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Company (Chiyoda Seimei Hoken). It was the first in Japan with an American structure. In 1906, he was a founder of Chiyoda Fire Insurance (Chiyoda Kasai Hoken).

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipJapan5

Awards

  • 1983Insurance Hall of Fame6