Shoroku Nishikawa

Shoroku was the son of Nishikawa Riemon, a merchant from Ōmi Hachiman. He sold mosquito nets, cotton, sugar and folding fans. One of his descendents expanded the family business, opening a store in Edo’s premier Nihonbashi area and became licensed merchant for the ruling Satsuma fief in Kyushu. Today, the family business is grown into what is now called Mercros Corporation with offices in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo.