《Company Talk》 - Kaishaben

Japanese: 《会社弁》 - かいしゃべん

…The Meiji government sought to gather private capital to compete with foreign powers, and promoted the introduction of a company system. In other words, in 1869 (Meiji 2), it instructed the establishment of trading companies and exchange companies, and in 1871, the Ministry of Finance published Shibusawa Eiichi's "Rikai Sutra" and Fukuchi Gen'ichiro's "Kaishaben" to disseminate knowledge about companies, and in 1872, it enacted the National Bank Act to encourage the establishment of a national bank. There is a theory that trading companies and exchange companies were the first joint-stock companies, but this cannot be said in terms of unlimited liability for investors and the confusion between investment and deposits. …

From [Company]

… [Arai Seiji]
[Japanese Corporation]
As with industry and technology, knowledge about the modern joint-stock company system was introduced to Japan by many pioneers during the late Edo period and the Meiji Restoration. Two books in particular, "Rikai Yakusoku" written by Shibusawa Eiichi and "Kaishaben" translated by Fukuchi Genichiro, were published by the Ministry of Finance in 1871 and gained many readers, greatly contributing to the dissemination of knowledge about companies, especially joint-stock companies. In terms of the actual system, in 1869, with the encouragement of the government, trading companies and exchange companies with joint-stock companies in mind were established in the three capitals and open ports.

*Some of the terminology used in this article refers to "company lawyers."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…維新政府は対外対抗のために民間資本の結集を図り，会社制度の導入を推進した。すなわち，1869年(明治2)には通商会社･為替会社の設立を指導し，71年には渋沢栄一著《立会略則》，福地源一郎著《会社弁》を大蔵省から刊行して会社知識の普及を図り，72年には国立銀行条例を制定して国立銀行の設立を促した。通商会社･為替会社を最初の株式会社とする説があるが，出資者の無限責任，出資と預金の混同などの点でそうはいえない。…

【株式会社】より

…【荒井政治】
［日本の株式会社］
　近代的株式会社制度に関する知識は，産業･技術の場合と同じく，幕末･維新期に多くの先覚者によって日本に紹介された。なかでも，渋沢栄一が執筆した《立会略則》と，福地源一郎が訳出した《会社弁》の2書は，1871年大蔵省によって発行され，多くの読者を獲得し，会社，とくに株式会社の知識の普及に大いに役立った。現実の制度の面では，1869年に政府の勧奨によって，三都や開港場に株式会社を念頭においた通商会社･為替会社が設けられた。…

※「《会社弁》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について | 情報

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