The Yasuda clan was a Japanese samurai kin group in the Sengoku period and Edo period.Morikawa, Hidemasa. (2001). A History of Top Management in Japan: Managerial Enterprises and Family Enterprises, p. 61.
History The clan was established by Ōe no Hiromoto.
In the Sengoku period, a branch of the Yasuda clan was made responsible for the collection of duties on the cloth trade.Goldsmith, Brian. (2008). Amassing Economies: The Medieval Origins of Early Modern Japan, 1450-1700, p. 262.
In modern history, the Yasuda are known as a "financial clan" because of their success in banking.Lonien, Claude. (2003). The Japanese Economic and Social System: From a Rocky Past to an Uncertain Future, p. 44.
Notable clan leaders
Yasuda Zenjiro Hajime YasudaSumiya, Mikio. (2000). A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy, p. 157.
See also Yasuda zaibatsu Yoko Ono Paul Hisao Yasuda
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