abstract:(also known as Sokyu Homma, Sokyu Honma) (1724-1803), was a rice merchant from Sakata, Japan who traded in the Ojima Rice market in Osaka during the Tokugawa Shogunate. He is sometimes considered to be the father of the candlestick chart.
Candlestickchartsare originallyused bylegendaryJapaneserice trader HommaMunehisain18thcentury, andintroducedtowesternworldby Steve Nison in last century.