The true character of Eiichi Shibusawa: A smelly guy always with administration system

Eiichi Shibusawa ... I had the image that this person was a very ugly person. I tried to find out how it actually was. First of all, from the 6th edition of Kojien.
Businessman. Seien (issued). A child of a wealthy farmer in bushuu Chiaraijima Village (Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture). First served the Shogunate, and after the Meiji Restoration, served the Ministry of Finance. After resigning, he managed the Daiichi National Bank and was involved in the establishment of many companies such as paper manufacturing, spinning, insurance, transportation, and railways, and was active as a major figure in the business world. After retiring, he worked hard on social work and education. (1840-1931)

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Eiichi Shibusawa (wiki)

Next, from wiki (Eiichi Shibusawa) in a little more detail.

At the end of the Edo period, he was picked up by a samurai (bakushin) from a farmer (village head), and was handled by the Meiji government as Shosuke Okura, and under the leadership of Daisuke Okura and Kaoru Inoue. After retiring, he became a businessman and was involved in the establishment and management of a wide variety of companies such as the Daiichi National Bank, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and was the third director of Nishogakusha (currently Nishogakusha University). In addition to serving as a commercial training school (currently Hitotsubashi University), he also contributed to the establishment of Okura Commercial School (currently Tokyo Keizai University), and is called the "father of Japanese capitalism" based on those achievements. He is also widely known for his management philosophy through the analects. From the 6th year of Reiwa (2024), it will be the face of a new 10,000 yen bill. Also, in the 3rd year of Reiwa (2021), the NHK Taiga drama "Seiten wo tsuke :kick the blue sky:青天を衝け" will be broadcast with Eiichi Shibusawa as the main character.

As far as I read the description of wiki, it seems that he is a person with no flaws, as if he were a saint or a monarch. However, from the biography of this person, I think it is necessary to keep in mind that he was always a person on the system side. By the way, if you pull a certain person from the wiki here, the appearance of Shibusawa will change suddenly.

In addition, Ichibei prevented the chain bankruptcy of Daiichi Bank by providing the assets and materials of the bankrupt Ono-gumi to the Daiichi Bank managed by Eiichi Shibusawa, who had a deal with Ono-gumi, and is a powerful collaborator named Shibusawa. Succeeded in getting.
After the collapse of the Ono group, Ichibei decided to operate independently. First of all, he asked for the disposal of the then government-owned leading mines, Ani Mine and Innai Mine in Akita Prefecture, but this was rejected. Subsequently, he attempted to obtain the Kusakura mine in Niigata prefecture and obtained a loan consent from Shibusawa, but again, the government's permission was not obtained at first.
However, Ichibei received a grant from the government in 1875 under the condition that the former Soma Nakamura feudal lord, who had been associated with him since the Onogumi era, was appointed as the owner and Ichibei managed the mine as a subcontractor. succeeded in. The management of the Kusakura mine is going well, and in 1877 Ichibei decided to devote himself to the mining industry and finally bought Ashio Copper Mine (currently Furukawa Co., Ltd.).
In the same year, Ichibei bought the Soma family as well as the Kusura mine and set up as the owner to acquire Ashio Copper Mine. Naomichi Shiga (Naoya Shiga's grandfather), who was a family decree in the Soma family, became a co-owner of Ichibei, and Shibusawa later became a co-sponsor.

　Ichibei Furukawa

This person ... Ichibei Furukawa is the perpetrator of the Ashio Copper Mine Incident, which can be called the "origin of pollution." Eiichi Shibusawa had a smelly relationship with the party that caused widespread and serious environmental pollution centered on Ashio Copper Mine. And it can be thought that Shibusawa had some effect in suppressing the people in the Watarase River basin. After all, he is smelly. It is famous for the result of starting companies amount 500, but it seems that a considerable number of companies such as Ashio Copper Mine that cause harm to society have also started. What I would like you to remember here is that Shibusawa was a person on the system side. And it would be absolutely incompatible with Shouzou Tanaka, who bet his life on solving the mine poisoning case. (I added the red underline to shibusawa’s name in the quotation.)

A word of the day: I think it is barren to make the analects an indispensable culture as a person, like "Matsushita Seikei Juku:松下政経塾" where no good politician grows up. I forgot the source, but there is an analogy: A king lost his bow.he said”someone in my country will pick up .”Confucius heard it, "It's narrow, it's good because people pick it up," and LaoTzu, who heard it, "It's also narrow, it's good because something picks up. Isn't it? " From the perspective of LaoTzu, it seems that the current environmental problems were also included. Shibusawa tried to emulate Confucius, who has a narrower field of view than LaoTzu, but he seems to have worked with Furukawa to trap people in some way (Ashio Copper Mine Incident), so it will not be as good as Confucius. Therefore, regarding Confucianism, Shibusawa will only be half-hearted and half-heartedly understood by amateurs. (Although there is a book called "Analects and Abacus:論語と算盤" in Shibusawa ...) Regarding the environmental problems that we are talking about now, Shouzou Tanaka was probably closer to the essence than Eiichi Shibusawa and Ichibei Furukawa. After all, for me, Eiichi Shibusawa remains smelly. Similarly, politicians and entrepreneurs who are stinky will be pleased.

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In Japanese, original

渋沢栄一の正体：体制べったりのうさんくさい奴

渋沢栄一・・・私は、この人、どうにも胡散臭い（うさんくさい）人であるというイメージを抱いていました。実際どうなのか、調べてみました。まずは広辞苑第六版より。
実業家。青淵と号。武州血洗島村（埼玉県深谷市）の豪農の子。初め幕府に仕え、明治維新後、大蔵省に出仕。辞職後、第一国立銀行を経営、製紙・紡績・保険・運輸・鉄道など多くの企業設立に関与、財界の大御所として活躍。引退後は社会事業・教育に尽力。（1840～1931）

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渋沢栄一　(ｗｉｋｉ)

次に、もうすこし詳しくｗｉｋｉ（渋沢栄一）より。
江戸時代末期に農民（名主身分）から武士（幕臣）に取り立てられ、明治政府では大蔵少輔事務取扱となり、大蔵大輔、井上馨の下で財政政策を行った。退官後は実業家に転じ、第一国立銀行や理化学研究所、東京証券取引所といった多種多様な会社の設立、経営に関わり、二松學舍第3代舎長（現、二松学舎大学）を務めた他、商法講習所（現、一橋大学）、大倉商業学校（現、東京経済大学）の設立にも尽力し、それらの功績を元に「日本資本主義の父」と称される。また、論語を通じた経営哲学でも広く知られている。令和6年（2024年）より新紙幣一万円札の顔となる。また、令和3年（2021年）に渋沢栄一を主人公としたNHK 大河ドラマ『青天を衝け』が放送される予定。

ｗｉｋｉの記述を読む限り、聖人、君主であるかのように、欠点ない人格者であるとされているようです。ただ、この人の略歴からすると、常に体制側の人間であったことに留意する必要があると思います。ところでここに、ｗｉｋｉからある人物を引いてくると、俄然様相が変ります。

また、小野組と取引があった渋沢栄一の経営による第一銀行に対し、市兵衛は倒産した小野組の資産や資材を提供することで第一銀行の連鎖倒産を防ぎ、渋沢という有力な協力者を得ることに成功した。
小野組破綻後、市兵衛は独立して事業を行うことにした。まず手始めに秋田県にある当時官営であった有力鉱山、阿仁鉱山と院内鉱山の払い下げを求めたが、これは却下された。続いて新潟県の草倉鉱山の入手を企て、渋沢から融資の内諾を得るものの、やはりこれも最初は政府の許可が得られなかった。
しかし市兵衛は小野組時代から縁があった元相馬中村藩主を名義人に立て、市兵衛が下請けとして鉱山経営を行う条件で、明治8年（1875年）に政府から草倉鉱山の払い下げを受けることに成功した。草倉鉱山の経営は順調で、明治10年（1877年）には市兵衛は鉱山業に専念する決意を固め、いよいよ足尾銅山を買収することになる（現在の古河機械金属）。
同年、市兵衛は草倉鉱山と同じく相馬家を買い取り名義人として立てて足尾銅山を買収した。相馬家では家令であった志賀直道（志賀直哉の祖父）が市兵衛の共同経営者となり、そののち渋沢も共同出費者として名を連ねた。

古河市兵衛

この人物・・・古河市兵衛は、あの「公害の原点」とも呼べる足尾鉱毒事件の加害者です。足尾銅山を中心にした広範で深刻な環境汚染を引き起こした当事者と、渋沢栄一はズブズブな関係だったのです。そして渋沢は、渡良瀬川流域の民を弾圧するのに何らかの功があったろうと思慮できます。なんせズブズブですから。５００からの企業を興した結果で有名ですが、足尾銅山のような社会に害悪を流す企業も、相当数起業したのでしょう。ここで思いだして欲しいのは、渋沢が体制側の人間であったことです。そして、鉱毒事件の解決に一命を賭した田中正造とは、絶対に相容れないでしょうね。（引用部の赤字は、私がつけました。）

今日のひと言：ろくな政治家が育たない「松下政経塾」のように、論語を人として必要不可欠な教養とする行きかたは、不毛だと思います。出典は忘れましたが、以下のような例え話があります：ある国王が弓を無くした。いわく「国民が拾うから探さなくてもよい。」それを聞いた孔子、「それは狭い、人が拾うから良いではないか」、またそれを聞いた老子、「それも狭い、なにかが拾うから良いではないか」と。老子の視座には、今でいう環境問題も収められていたのかと思われます。渋沢は、老子より視野が狭い孔子を見習おうとしたけど、古河と組んで、人を陥れることも何らかの形で仕事にしたと思われるので（足尾鉱毒事件）、孔子にも及ばないでしょう。だから儒教についても渋沢は、中途半端で、生半可な素人の理解に留まるでしょう。（『論語と算盤』という著書が、渋沢にはありますが・・・）今で言う環境問題についても、たぶん田中正造のほうが渋沢栄一や古河市兵衛たちより、本質に迫っていたことでしょう。結局、私にとって渋沢栄一は、胡散臭いままです。同じように胡散臭い政治家、企業家には喜ばれるでしょうが。