Shikishi (Decorative Paperboard) - Japan World Exposition Association Chairman Taizo Ishizaka "Progress and Harmony of Mankind" Osaka Expo This is a shikishi (printed) of the handwritten shikishi by Taizo Ishizaka, Chairman of the Japan World Exposition Association. It is a valuable shikishi created to commemorate the 1970 Osaka Expo. Although there is some aging due to being 55 years old, it is in relatively good condition. This is a rare shikishi that is not widely available in the market. How about commemorating the 2025 Kansai Expo? Shikishi Chairman, Japan World Exposition Association Taizo Ishizaka "Progress and Harmony of Mankind" Taizo Ishizaka (June 3, 1886 - March 6, 1975) was a Japanese business leader and executive. He retired from the Ministry of Communications and joined Dai-ichi Life Insurance. After serving as president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance and Tokyo Shibaura Electric (now Toshiba), he became the second chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) (in office, February 21, 1956 - May 24, 1968). He served as Keidanren chairman for four terms, 12 years. The nickname "Prime Minister of the Business World" for the Keidanren chairman originated with Taizo Ishizaka. He was awarded the Order of the Precious Crown, First Class. In 1957, he became chairman of Arabian Oil. In 1960, he became chairman of the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Fund Foundation. In 1963, he became chairman of the Japan Industrial Club. In 1964, Japan joined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Accordingly, he also joined the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), and Ishizaka became the BIAC Japan chairman, actively working on the liberalization of capital. In the same year, he succeeded Shinzo Koizumi as an advisor to the Imperial Household Agency. He also became the president of the Boy Scouts of Japan. In 1965, he gave a lecture in front of Emperor Showa. In November, at the request of Minister of International Trade and Industry Takeo Miki, he accepted the position of chairman of the Japan World Exposition Association, which had been difficult to fill, and brought about the Osaka Expo in March 1970. In 1975, he died of cerebral thrombosis at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital at the age of 88. After his death, he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon of the Paulownia Flowers on March 14. Expo Souvenir Kansai Expo 2025 Yumeshima Myakumyaku Piggy bank EXPO Osaka Expo Ishin (Restoration) Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe Trump