Naoki Iguchi

...In the 1900s, Mitsukoshi Gofukuten actively imported and promoted them, and they were well received by people who liked new things. The first domestically produced pencils were handcrafted by Iguchi Naoki and exhibited at the Domestic Industrial Exposition in 1881, and in 1886, factory production began by Masaki Jinroku (later Mitsubishi Pencil). The largest user of pencils during the Meiji period was the post office, which used imported pencils, but in 1901, the Ministry of Communications adopted Masaki Jinroku's pencils, which led to increased awareness of domestically produced pencils, and mechanization and industrialization progressed. ...

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…明治40年代には三越呉服店が積極的に輸入，宣伝し，新しもの好きの人々に喜ばれた。国産鉛筆は，井口直樹が1881年に手細工で仕上げて内国勧業博覧会に出品したものが最初で，86年には真崎仁六による工場生産が始まる(のちの三菱鉛筆)。明治期に最も多く鉛筆を使用していたのは郵便局で，輸入鉛筆を使っていたが，1901年に真崎仁六の鉛筆を逓信省が採用，これを契機に国産鉛筆への認識も高まり，機械化も進んで工業的になっていく。…

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