"1872 - company name changed to Mitsukawa Shokai; 1874 - name changed to Mitsubishi Shokai ("mitsu" - "three", "hishi" - "water chestnut, diamond shape"); corporate emblem combined three oak leaves of Tosa crest, three stacked diamonds of Iwasaki family crest; 1875 - name changed to Mitsubishi Mail Steamship (inherited employees, facilities of mail service disbanded by government); 1881 - acquired Yoshioka copper mine in Akita, Takashima coal mine in Nagasaki; 1884 - leased Nagasaki Shipbuilding Yard from the government, built Japan's first domestically produced steel steamship; 1885 - succeeded by his brother Yanosuke; merged with government-sponsored competitor; formed Nippon Yusen (NYK Line).."
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