Itochu General Partnership Company

…Tadabei then expanded into Osaka and Kyoto, opening businesses including a kimono and fabrics dealer, a dyed kimono wholesaler, and a cotton thread and woven fabric wholesaler. After the death of the first founder, the company was taken over by his second son, the second Tadataka, and in 1914 it became an Itochu Partnership Company. In 1918, it was split into Itochu Corporation, which traded cotton thread and fabrics and engaged in general import and export, and Itochu Shoten, which handled kimono bolts of cloth, Western bolts of cloth, and Kyoto kimono. These two companies became the parent companies of the current Itochu and Marubeni, respectively. …

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…忠兵衛はその後大阪，京都へ進出し，呉服太物商，染呉服卸，綿糸織物卸などを開業した。初代没後，次男2代目忠兵衛に引き継がれ，1914年伊藤忠合名会社となり，18年には綿糸布取引と一般輸出入を営む伊藤忠商事(株)と呉服反物，洋反物，京呉服を取り扱う(株)伊藤忠商店に分割された。この2社がそれぞれ現在の伊藤忠と丸紅の母体となった。…

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