Sazō Idemitsu
Business leaders · Public leaders · art collector
20th century Japanese Businessman, founder of Idemitsu Kosan
About Sazō Idemitsu
Sazō Idemitsu (出光 佐三, Idemitsu Sazō; August 22, 1885 – March 7, 1981) was a Japanese businessman and founder of the petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan. He graduated from Kobe University (then Kobe Koto Shogyo Gakko). He was also an art collector, especially fond of Sengai Gibon and of Georges Rouault. He is the father of the Japanese experimental video artist, Mako Idemitsu.
Quick facts
- Known for
- L'art du Japon éternel, Nihonjin ni kaere, If Karl Marx had been born in Japan
- Born
- 1885-08-22
- Died
- 1981-03-07
