Background
Takahashi Shinkichi was born in 1843 Japan.
新吉 高橋
Takahashi Shinkichi was born in 1843 Japan.
Studied English in Nagasaki.
Entered the services of Ministry of Finance and served as chief of customs, consul at New York and director of Commercial Bureau in Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (from 1886). Became president of Hypothec Bank (1899).