was a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

businessman and founder of the petroleum company

Idemitsu Kosan is a Japanese petroleum company. It owns and operates oil platforms, Oil refinery, refineries, produces and sells petroleum, oils and petrochemical products, and also operates gas stations under the brand and until 2023, in its own ''Idemitsu' ...

.'' International Directory of Company Histories'', Vol. 49. St. James Press, 2003 as quoted on and He graduated from

Kobe University , also known in the Kansai region as , is a public research university located in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. The university was established in 1949, but the academic origins of Kobe University trace back to the establishment of Kobe Higher Commercia ...

(then Kobe Koto Shogyo Gakko). He was also an art collector, especially fond of Sengai Gibon. He is the father of the Japanese experimental video artist, Mako Idemitsu.

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20th-century Japanese businesspeople Businesspeople in the oil industry Japanese philanthropists Museum founders Japanese art collectors People from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese bisexual men Bisexual businesspeople 1885 births 1981 deaths Kobe University alumni {{Japan-business-bio-stub

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