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... that the proprietor of the Samurai Shokai company added a tower to the building resembling that of a castle?

Source: "Mr Yōzō, matching the name of Samurai that he chose, built a proudly towering, beautiful building at Honchō Itchōme of Yokohama; the part over the entrance resembles the tower of a castle", Almanac of successful Yokohama merchants and entrepreneurs translated and quoted in https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/fhn013

ALT1: ... that the proprietor of the Samurai Shokai company promoted in Japan the foreign practice of shaking hands? Source: "It was his custom to greet each of the guests with a cheerful smile and a shake of the hand... Although the handshake was, of course, a custom he acquired while living abroad, he had his own interpretation and convictions concerning the gesture. In a collection of essays entitled Life in a Handshake, he once wrote..." Shiraishi, Bon. Japan Quarterly; Tokyo Vol. 13, Iss. 4, (Oct 1, 1966): 507.
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