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Birth of Yamauchi
Fusajiro Fukui was born on 22 November 1859, as the oldest son of Sosuke Fukui. -
Known schooling
Was sent to study law and engineering at the age of 12 -
Adopted
He was adopted by Naoshichi Yamauchi in 1872. -
Married
He got married to Koma Honda -
First Nintendō Koppai
The first Nintendō Koppai was opened, selling Hanafuda (Flower cards) sets. -
Western styled cards
The business' first western-style card deck was put on the market in 1902 -
Marufuku Nintendo Card Co.
The business styled itself as Marufuku Nintendo Card Co. -
Deal made with Japanese Tobacco
1907 Nintendo entered into an agreement with Japan Tobacco to sell it's cards to cigarette stores throughout the country. -
Retired
Fusajiro departed from the company in 1929, leaving his son-in-law Sekiryo Kaneda (whose name had changed to Sekiryo Yamauchi) in charge of the company. -
Death
Fusajiro remained uninvolved in the business for the remainder of his life until he died of a stroke on January 1, 1940, in Kyoto.