Kishichiro Okura

Baron Kishichiro Okura (大倉 喜七郎, Ōkura Kishichirō, June 16, 1882 – February 2, 1963) was a Japanese entrepreneur and hotelier.

He competed in the first ever car race held at Brooklands in Surrey on July 6, 1907, where he came in second.

Okura Kishichiro was a primary patron in the establishment of the Nihon Ki-in or Japanese Go Association in 1924, where he organized and supported professional go players in Japan following the Meiji Restoration and subsequent ceasing of government support for the four go houses.

He also invented the musical instrument the Okraulo, a type of vertical flute.

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