Tokujiro Ishibashi

Japanese: 石橋徳次郎 - いしばしとくじろう
Tokujiro Ishibashi

...The characters for jika-tabi were used because they were called chikatabi in the Kanto region. They were invented in 1922 (Taisho 11) by brothers Tokujiro and Shojiro Ishibashi, tabi manufacturers (the predecessors of Bridgestone), and were released in January of the following year as Asahi jika-tabi. Footwear with rubber soles sewn onto tabi was already in use in the Hanshin region and elsewhere, but jika-tabi had rubber soles glued on and had slip-resistant grooves, and were marketed as a completely new and durable footwear. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ishibashi Tokujiro" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…関東でちかたびと呼ばれたため地下足袋の字があてられた。1922年(大正11)に,足袋製造業者(ブリヂストンの前身)であった石橋徳次郎・正二郎兄弟により発明され,翌年1月〈アサヒ地下足袋〉として発売された。足袋にゴム底を縫いつけた履物はすでに阪神地方などで用いられていたが,地下足袋はゴム底をはり付けにし,すべり止めの溝を入れたりしてまったく新しい耐久性のある履物として売り出された。…

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