Baron Ōkura Kihachirō was a Japanese businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the corporate progenitor of the Ōkura-gumi zaibatsu, which later became the Taisei Corporation, and the Ōkura Shō
Baron Kishichiro Okura was a Japanese entrepreneur and hotelier.
Ōkura Kihachirō
…an expert in Shindō Munen-ryū. He became one of the principal business investors of the original Imperial Hotel completed in 1890. Kihachiro's son, Kishichirō, is credited with introducing the automobile into Japan. Ōkura first went to Korea when he was around 40 years old. He visited soon after Korea was…