A patron of Yasuhide Kobashi was a businessman who served as Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for who?
Yasuhide Kobashi Yasuhide Kobashi (古橋 矢須秀 , Kobashi Yasuhide , 1931–2003) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, painter, sculptor and stage designer. He was born in Kojima in Okayama Prefecture. His father was a ceramic artist and head of the Kyoto Industrial Craft Company. Kobashi learned printmaking from the "sōsaku hanga" (creative prints) master Unichi Hiratsuka (1895–1997). In 1955, Kobashi graduated from the Kyoto College of Crafts and Textiles, and in 1959, he moved to New York City. Nelson Rockefeller (governor of New York and later vice-president) was Kobashi's patron, and acquired one of the artist's sculptures for the New York State Executive Mansion in Albany.
Maejima Hisoka Baron Maejima Hisoka (前島 密 , January 24, 1835 – April 27, 1919) , born 上野 房五郎 (Ueno Fusagorō ) , was a Japanese statesman, politician, and businessman in Meiji-period Japan. Maejima founded the Japanese postal service, and is known as 郵便制度の父 (Yūbin Seido no Chichi ) , or "Father of the Postal System".