There were already merchants including Kichirobe YAMAGUCHI, Kyube ITO and Hebe HIRANO in Osaka who rapidly succeeded once they started to deal Western fabrics.
大坂にはすでに山口吉郎兵衛、伊藤九兵衛、平野平兵衛など、洋反物を取り扱って急速にのしあがった商人がいた。