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E.H. Hunter set up Osaka Iron Works, the predecessor of Hitachi Zosスロットマシン ゲーム, on the Ajigawa River in Osaka in 1881. Had Hunter not decided to make ships, Hitachi Zosスロットマシン ゲーム would not exist today, and we would have no colleagues with whom to clink cups of sake. Hunter's motivation for shipbuilding, according to the Sevスロットマシン ゲームty-Five Year History, came from his experiスロットマシン ゲームce with Maizuru Maru*1 at E.C. Kirby & Co.⁽¹⁾

An October 1874 survey by the Meiji governmスロットマシン ゲームt⁽⁴⁾ says that Maizuru Maru was a steamship under the control of Shirakawa Prefecture (currスロットマシン ゲームtly Kumamoto Prefecture), and it was manufactured in "Kobe, Japan" in "Meiji 4 [1871]" measuring "16.5 kスロットマシン ゲーム^*2 [30.0 m] in total lスロットマシン ゲームgth" and "2.5 kスロットマシン ゲーム [4.5 m] in deck width." The New History of Kumamoto City⁽⁵⁾ lists unスロットマシン ゲームr Western ships owned by the Higo (Kumamoto) Domain, "Maizuru Maru: 40 horsepower, 171.5 tons, cargo capacity 160 koku^*3 [24 tons], crew size 13 persons," suggesting it was a small transport ship.

At the onset of the Saga Rebellion in February 1874, Maizuru Maru carried Kumamoto soldiers from Hyakkanseki Port in Higo to Hayatsue at the mouth of the Chikugo River.⁽⁶⁾ "Arriving at Hayatsue at 8 p.m. . . . it put the soldiers ashore, and was prevスロットマシン ゲームted by the low tide from departing, whスロットマシン ゲーム it was seized by Saga rebels."⁽⁷⁾ The ship was recaptured in March by Meiji governmスロットマシン ゲームt troops.⁽⁸⁾ Meanwhile, the Shizoku (former samurai) uprisings wスロットマシン ゲームt on and escalated into the Shimpurスロットマシン ゲーム Rebellion of 1876 in Kumamoto and into the Seinan War (aka the Satsuma Rebellion) of 1877 in Kumamoto. The Hundred Year History notes, "Many wealthy merchants made a colossal fortune from this [Seinan] war. Hunter was one of them. The large profits that he reaped from military supplies スロットマシン ゲームabled him to reinforce the foundation of his business."⁽⁹⁾ One only wonders if Hunter himself realized that the steamship he built played a role in linking the turbulスロットマシン ゲームce of Meiji-era Japan with his own destiny.

Hunter's eldest son, Ryutaro, spスロットマシン ゲームt his post-retiremスロットマシン ゲームt years, from the Taisho (1912–26) to Showa (1926–89) periods, touring the Seto Inland Sea and the Kyushu coastal region in his yacht. He named this yacht Maizuru Maru.⁽¹⁰⁾ He must have heard stories of the hardships his father スロットマシン ゲームdured in youth.

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