Background
Shigetsugu Yoshioka was born in 1569 in Japan.
重次 吉岡
Shigetsugu Yoshioka was born in 1569 in Japan.
The founder of the Yoshioka scholl of metal craftsmen ofKyoto during the Edo Period. When the Tokugawas established their capital in Edo, they searched the whole country for skilled metal workers to come and settle in Edo. He was picked and came to Edo during the Keicho Era.