Takatoshi MITSUI of the Mitsui family, the founder of Mitsukoshi (a venerable department store chain in Japan) was one merchant who Ujisato called upon to shift from Hino to Matsuzaka and later to Aizu, but he resisted going to Aizu and his family remained in Matsuzaka. |
なお、三越の創始者である三井高利の三井家は、日野から松阪に移った際呼び寄せられた商家の一つであり、氏郷会津移封の際に誘いを断って松阪に残った家である。 |