Kinroku Ono

Japanese: 小野金六 - おの・きんろく

Year of death: March 11, 1923
Year of birth: August 18, 1852 (October 1, 1852)
A businessman from the Meiji and Taisho periods. He was the second son of Tomiya, who ran a sake brewery in Kawarabe Village, Koma County, Koshu (Nirasaki City). His father was Yazaemon and his mother was Ura. He joined the politically-minded Ono-gumi merchant group but suffered bankruptcy. In 1880, he joined the Tenth Bank, and was recognized by Kurihara Nobuchika and Wakao Ippei, two leading figures in the Yamanashi business world, and in 1885, he participated in the founding of the Koshin Railway. He subsequently served as president of Tokyo Discount Bank and Fuji Paper, as well as directors of Ryomo Railway, Nippon Briquettes, Tokyo Electric Light, and other companies. He had his eye on hydroelectric power generation from the Katsura River early on, and in 1912, he founded the Fuji Minobu Railway (JR Central Minobu Line), and in 1913, he planned the development of the northern foothills of Mount Fuji, and worked hard for the regional development of Yamanashi Prefecture as a businessman from the Koshu zaibatsu.

(Saito Yasuhiko)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：大正12.3.11(1923)
生年：嘉永5.8.18(1852.10.1)
明治大正期の実業家。甲州巨摩郡河原部村(韮崎市)で酒造業を営む富屋の次男。父は弥左衛門,母はうら。政商小野組に入るも破綻に遭遇。明治13(1880)年第十銀行に入行し,山梨経済界の重鎮である栗原信近や若尾逸平に認められ18年甲信鉄道の創立に参画する。その後,東京割引銀行頭取や富士製紙社長をはじめ,両毛鉄道,日本練炭,東京電燈などの取締役を歴任した。早くから桂川の水力発電に目を付け,大正1(1912)年富士身延鉄道(JR東海身延線)を設立し,7年富士北麓開発を企画するなど,甲州財閥の実業人として山梨県の地域開発に尽力した。

(齋藤康彦)

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