he was born as the third son to the owner of second-class drug seller tanaka-ya in ichinomachi , takayama city , hida province . 飛騨国高山市 一之町の薬種商田中屋の三男として生まれる。
it was established in 1663 as a second-class drug seller by jikishin kumagai who referred to himself as the 20th descendent of naozane kumagai . 熊谷直実20代目の子孫を称する熊谷直心が1663年（寛文3年）に薬種商として創業。
he was born to a second-class drug seller , hassen do , in honcho , nagoya , owari province (the present nagoya prefecture ) (he is also insisted by some people to be an adopted son-in-law ). 尾張国名古屋本町の薬種商・八仙堂に生まれる（婿養子の説あり）。
having started his business as a second-class drug seller , fujisawa established a camphor refinery in temma , kita ward , osaka city in 1898 selling " fujisawa camphor ." 薬種商を始め、明治31年（1898年）大阪市北区 (大阪市)天満に樟脳精製所を設立、藤沢樟脳を発売した。
hideyoshi , however , treated ryusa konishi , who was an emerging second-class drug seller , and sen no rikyu more preferentially than sokyu , it is likely that sokyu ' s position under hideyoshi ' s regime was not as high as the one granted by nobunaga . しかし、秀吉は宗久よりも新興の薬種商・小西隆佐や千利休らを重用したため、信長時代に浴したほどの地位ではなかったと考えられている。
