Mitsui Hachirōemon
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Mitsui Hachirōemon (三井 八郎右衛門) is the inherited name given to the first son born to the head family (総領家, Sōryō-ke), or the leading branch of the extended Mitsui family. It was Mitsui Takatoshi (三井高利) who started the naming ritual that a male heir would be called Hachirōemon when they decide the next leader of family business that Mitsui was known for. For those sons of Takatoshi, each bloodline had a nickname: the first son Takahira held the Kita branch, the second son Takatomi the Isarago branch (伊皿子家), and the third son Takaharu the Shimmachi branch (新町家).
When the first son of Kita branch be too young to inherit the position from his father, one of his uncles or male cousins would be selected to fill in for a limited period of time, but they did not count him as a Hachirōemon. The extended family decided to expel Takayoshi (高美) who had consumed family fortune by indulging in antiquity as hobby, thus Takayoshi's younger brother Takahisa was acted as Hachirōemon until Takakiyo, his nephew, was old enough.
Mitsui people who inherited the name Hachirōemon the financer:
Mitsui Takatoshi (三井高利) —
- Kita branch: Takatoshi's first son (1) Takahira (高平) — (3) Takafusa (高房) — (4) Takayoshi (高美) — (5) Takakiyo (高清) — (6) Takasuke (高祐) — (7) Takanari (高就) — (8) Takayoshi (高福) — (9) Taka'aki (高朗) — (10) Takamine (高棟) — (11) Takakimi (高公), the last Hachirōemon the financer — (11) Takanori (高乗), an architect.
- Isarago branch: Takatoshi's second son (2) Takatomi (高富).
- Shimmachi branch: Takatoshi's third son Takaharu (高治) — (3´) Takakata (高方) — (4´) Takahisa (高弥).