Entrepreneur. Born in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture. After graduating from Kurume Commercial School, he took over the family tailoring business with his brother Tokujiro. He expanded the family business by specializing in tabi (socks) and selling "Asahi tabi" socks at a fixed price, and founded Nippon Tabi Co., Ltd. in 1918 (Taisho 7). In 1948, he manufactured and sold a new type of rubber-soled tabi socks with a stick-on sole under the name "Asahi Jika Tabi," which became a huge hit. He invested the huge amount of money he earned from mass manufacturing and selling jika tabi and cloth rubber shoes to start domestic production of automobile tires, and founded Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd. in 1931 (Showa 6). After World War II, he handed over Nippon Rubber (formerly Nippon Tabi) to his brother and devoted himself to managing Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd., and led the company to become the leader in the tire industry through a technical partnership with the American general rubber company Goodyear and aggressive capital investment measures in anticipation of motorization. He was also famous for collecting art, and established the Bridgestone Museum of Art in his headquarters building in Tokyo. In 1981, he donated the Ishibashi Cultural Center (Kurume City), which includes an art museum, and in 1969, the National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo). [Hidemasa Morikawa] "Biography Publishing Committee, ed.: Ishibashi Shojiro" (1978, Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd.) Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
企業家。福岡県久留米(くるめ)に生まれる。久留米商業学校卒業後、兄徳次郎とともに仕立物の家業を継ぐ。足袋(たび)専業化、「アサヒ足袋」の均一価格販売などにより家業を伸ばし、1918年(大正7)日本足袋株式会社を設立した。23年、新案の貼付(はりつけ)式ゴム底足袋を「アサヒ地下足袋」の名称で製造販売し、爆発的人気を博した。地下足袋、布製ゴム靴の大量製造販売で稼いだ巨資を投じて自動車用タイヤの国産化に着手し、1931年(昭和6)ブリヂストンタイヤを創立した。第二次世界大戦後、日本ゴム(旧日本足袋)を兄に譲って、ブリヂストンタイヤの経営に専念し、アメリカの総合ゴム会社グッドイヤー社との技術提携、またモータリゼーションを見越した積極的な設備投資策により、同社をタイヤ業界の首位につかせた。美術品収集でも名高く、本社ビル(東京)にブリヂストン美術館を設けた。56年には美術館を含む石橋文化センター(久留米市)を、69年には国立近代美術館(東京)などの寄付をしている。 [森川英正] 『伝記刊行委員会編『石橋正二郎』(1978・ブリヂストンタイヤ株式会社)』 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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