Background
Umanosuke Nakauchi was born in Aki Province (Hiroshima Prefecture), he was a farmer originally. His original personal name is Michiharu.
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Umanosuke Nakauchi
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Michiharu
Career
He was a farmer originally. Because the soil in his district was not fertile, he planted paper-mulberry trees and started making paper. Improving on the traditional paper-making method, he succeeded in developing Yamashiro paper which became well known throughout Japan.
