Much of the credit for candlestick charting goes to Munehisa Homma, (1724–1803), a rice merchant from Sakata, Japan who traded in the Ojima Rice market in Osaka during the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Following peasant unrest, Numa was sent to investigate the situation in Sakata Prefecture late in 1875.
Sakata Tōjūrō, stage name taken on by a number of Kabuki actors
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Lenn Haruki Sakata (born 1954), former American professional baseball player
Silk, 2007, a film set in the 19th century, about a silkworm merchant and his love life, based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco
Sakata | Sakata, Yamagata | Sakata Tōjūrō | Lenn Sakata | Harold Sakata | Eio Sakata |
Although Sakata suffered defeats for these top titles, he went on to win many other titles, including the Judan and Oza.
One of Jean Cacicedo's shibori designs is called "For Sandra" in homage to Sakata and Obiko.