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'''Fusajiro Yamauchi''' (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of [[Nintendo]] in 1889. At this time, it was formally known as [[Nintendo Konekai]]/任天堂骨牌 He was born in {{wp|Kyoto}}, {{wp|Japan}} in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.<ref>Jinji Kōshinroku Dai 9th Edition (Personnel Koshinsho, 1931); [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%86%85%E6%88%BF%E6%B2%BB%E9%83%8E via Japanese Wikipedia citation (人事興信所編『人事興信録　第9版』（人事興信所、1931年)]</ref><ref>[https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=186121 Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Nintendo Konekai]</ref>
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'''Fusajiro Yamauchi''' (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of [[Nintendo]] (then known as [[Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.]] or Nintendo Karuta in 1889).<ref>[https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=186121 Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.]</ref><ref>[http://blog.beforemario.com/2022/09/nintendos-oldest-playing-cards-marufuku.html Beforemario.com - Marufuku No. 1]</ref><ref>Note, at this point the kana in たるか were read from right-to-left; so it was Nintendo Karuta rather than Nintendo Taruka</ref>
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The Nintendo building was launched in Shomen-Dori, Kyoto. On April 1, 2022; the building occupying the same space was reopened as [[Marufukuro Hotel]].<ref>[http://blog.beforemario.com/2022/07/former-nintendo-hq-opens-as-marufukuro.html "Former Nintendo HQ opens as Marufukuro hotel (and beforemario is present, in book form)" - Beforemario.com - July 31, 2022]</ref>
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Fusajiro Yamauchi was born in {{wp|Kyoto}}, {{wp|Japan}} in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.<ref>Jinji Kōshinroku Dai 9th Edition (Personnel Koshinsho, 1931); [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E5%86%85%E6%88%BF%E6%B2%BB%E9%83%8E via Japanese Wikipedia citation (人事興信所編『人事興信録　第9版』（人事興信所、1931年)]</ref>
  
 
Before forming Nintendo, he worked at the Haiko Cement Company.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190107041826/https://meiji150.kyoto/feature/haiko-nintendo-origin/ Meiji150.Kyoto ;  "灰孝本店と任天堂の基礎を築いた山内房治郎（山内一正さん）" (2017 web article)]</ref>
 
Before forming Nintendo, he worked at the Haiko Cement Company.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190107041826/https://meiji150.kyoto/feature/haiko-nintendo-origin/ Meiji150.Kyoto ;  "灰孝本店と任天堂の基礎を築いた山内房治郎（山内一正さん）" (2017 web article)]</ref>
  
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On September 23, 1889 he opened a [[Hanafuda]] card shop known as [[Nintendo Koppai]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090131104950/http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=34 Archived N-Sider article from 2009]</ref><ref>[https://www.nndb.com/people/597/000206976/ NNDB page from 2014]</ref>
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His successor was his son-in-law [[Sekiryo Kaneda]].
 
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Fusajiro Yamauchi (formally Fusajirō Fukui/福井 房治郎) was the founder of Nintendo (then known as Marufuku Nintendo Card Co. or Nintendo Karuta in 1889).[1][2][3]

The Nintendo building was launched in Shomen-Dori, Kyoto. On April 1, 2022; the building occupying the same space was reopened as Marufukuro Hotel.[4]

Fusajiro Yamauchi was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1859 as the eldest son of Sosuke Fukui.[5]

Before forming Nintendo, he worked at the Haiko Cement Company.[6]

His successor was his son-in-law Sekiryo Kaneda.

References

Reworked from the English and Japanese Wikipedia articles.

  1. ↑ Gnn.gamer.tw article with an image of Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.
  2. ↑ Beforemario.com - Marufuku No. 1
  3. ↑ Note, at this point the kana in たるか were read from right-to-left; so it was Nintendo Karuta rather than Nintendo Taruka
  4. ↑ "Former Nintendo HQ opens as Marufukuro hotel (and beforemario is present, in book form)" - Beforemario.com - July 31, 2022
  5. ↑ Jinji Kōshinroku Dai 9th Edition (Personnel Koshinsho, 1931); via Japanese Wikipedia citation (人事興信所編『人事興信録　第9版』（人事興信所、1931年)
  6. ↑ Meiji150.Kyoto ; "灰孝本店と任天堂の基礎を築いた山内房治郎（山内一正さん）" (2017 web article)
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