Onagigawa Cotton Fabric Company

Japanese: 小名木川綿布会社 - おなきがわめんぷかいしゃ
Onagigawa Cotton Fabric Company

...This created a demand for cotton yarn, creating the conditions for the formation of a mechanized spinning industry. Meanwhile, the Onakigawa Cotton Company, established in Tokyo in 1887, began producing wide-width cotton cloth in 1888 using 200 imported power looms, which gradually increased, mainly as a side business run by the spinning company. Later, in 1889, the Kyoto Cotton Yarn Weaving Company and the Osaka Weaving Company were established, and cotton cloth factories equipped with large numbers of power looms were established in various places.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Onagigawa Cotton Cloth Company" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このことは,綿糸需要創出によって機械制紡績業形成の前提をつくり出した。一方,1887年東京に設立された小名木川(おなきがわ)綿布会社が88年から開始した輸入力織機200台による広幅綿布生産は,主として紡績会社の兼営としてしだいに増加した。その後,89年に京都綿糸織物会社,大阪織布会社と各地に大量の力織機を装備した綿布工場が設立された。…

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