rintaro

Updated: May 17, 2025

Among its graduates were several historical characters, notably Katsu Rintaro, after-wards Count Katsu, minister of Marine in the Meiji Government. There, the first attempt at shipbuilding on foreign lines was made, and there, also, is now situated the premier private dockyard in Japan, namely, that of the Mitsubishi Company.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era