Sounds like the beginning of a good story. I really want to know what happens with this guy.<p>Would be nice if Google didn't limit the visibility of a book published in the 17th century.
You might be able to find it at a library:<p><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/japanese-family-storehouse-or-the-millionaires-gospel-modernised-nippon-eitai-gura-or-daifuku-shin-choja-kyo-1688/oclc/27169755" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldcat.org/title/japanese-family-storehouse-or-...</a>
Looks like the original title is 茶の十徳も一度に皆, and it can be read (in modernized Japanese) here:<p><a href="http://saikakuihara.blogspot.jp/2016/10/blog-post_57.html" rel="nofollow">http://saikakuihara.blogspot.jp/2016/10/blog-post_57.html</a>
If he made his money by honest means, he still wouldn't have been able to take it to the afterlife.<p>I make a honest living, but, having no wife or children, I know that all the money I save will ultimately be enjoyed by people who hate and despise me.