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Word: banto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...aristocratic idleness of the time before old Sokubei, the brewer. The most sadness, however, was expressed by one of the Mitsui "clerks" (actually a top executive), a grey, frail little man named Tatsuo Sumi, who is said to be descended from a 17th Century Mitsui clerk or banto. Tatsuo talked like an aging English butler whose lord & lady had come on evil times. "I have given my life to Mitsui," he said; "there is nothing more to do. . . . A glorious history has been wiped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Fall of the House of Mitsui | 7/29/1946 | See Source »

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