Background
Shingoro Takahashi was born in Musashi Province, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
信五郎 高橋
Shingoro Takahashi was born in Musashi Province, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
After his father's death he studied hard to improve techniques of his family business of weaving, inspecting various textile mills all over the country, and finally invented a new type of loom called Takahata (High Loom) and began manufacturing a fabric known as Aoshima (Blue Stripes).