Isokichi Komine

Komine
Born1866 or 1867
Shimabara, Nagasaki, Shimabara Domain, Tokugawa Shogunate
Died3 October 1934 (aged 66 or 67)
CitizenshipAustralian
OccupationsPearl diver
Businessperson

Isokichi Komine (1866 – 3 October 1934) was an Japanese pearl diver, merchant, and trader in present-day Papua New Guinea. He arrived in German New Guinea in the early 20th century, amassing significant business interests which he maintained after the colony's captured by Australian forces and reconstitution as the Territory of New Guinea. He was a leader of the Japanese community in Rabaul.

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