Fusajirō Yamauchi

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  • Birth of Yamauchi

    Fusajiro Fukui was born on 22 November 1859, as the oldest son of Sosuke Fukui.

  • Known schooling

    Was sent to study law and engineering at the age of 12

  • Adopted

    He was adopted by Naoshichi Yamauchi in 1872.

  • Married

    He got married to Koma Honda

  • First Nintendō Koppai

    The first Nintendō Koppai was opened, selling Hanafuda (Flower cards) sets.

  • Western styled cards

    The business' first western-style card deck was put on the market in 1902

  • Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.

    The business styled itself as Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.

  • Deal made with Japanese Tobacco

    1907 Nintendo entered into an agreement with Japan Tobacco to sell it's cards to cigarette stores throughout the country.

  • Retired

    Fusajiro departed from the company in 1929, leaving his son-in-law Sekiryo Kaneda (whose name had changed to Sekiryo Yamauchi) in charge of the company.

  • Death

    Fusajiro remained uninvolved in the business for the remainder of his life until he died of a stroke on January 1, 1940, in Kyoto.