Katakura Silk Mill

Japanese: 片倉製糸 - かたくらせいし

...However, the price of raw silk fell in the 1920s, especially in the latter half of the decade, due to competition with rayon yarn, and then plummeted in the Great Depression of 1929. In 1934, cotton textiles took over as the top exporter. During this time, Katakura Silk Mills (reorganized from Katakura Group in 1920, now Katakura Industries) and Gunze Silk Mills (founded in 1896)...

From Tomioka Silk Mill

...The Mitsui family expanded the facility to 520 kettles and operated it together with the Otsuka, Nagoya, and Mie Silk Mills, but in 1902 it was sold to the Yokohama raw silk wholesaler Hara General Partnership. The director of the Hara Tomioka Silk Mill, Tokimachi Furugo, distributed high-quality silkworm eggs from 1906 onwards, and the director, Saichi Okubo (in office 1909-1933), also expanded exclusive transactions and worked to produce high-quality raw silk, but due to the deterioration of the Hara General Partnership's business, the silk mill was transferred to Katakura Silk Mill in 1938, and is now the Katakura Industries Tomioka Plant. [Kanji Ishii]...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…だが生糸価格は20年代とくにその後半にはレーヨン糸との競争も加わって低落ぎみであり，29年の大恐慌によって暴落し，34年には輸出額の首座を綿織物に奪われるに至った。この間片倉製糸(1920年片倉組を改組。現，片倉工業)や郡是製糸(1896創立。…

【富岡製糸場】より

…三井家では520釜に拡張し，大嶹･名古屋･三重製糸場とともに経営したが，1902年に横浜の生糸売込問屋原合名会社へ売却した。原富岡製糸所長古郷時待は06年以降優良蚕種の配布を行い，大久保佐一所長(在任1909‐33)も特約取引を拡充して高級格生糸の生産につとめたが，原合名の経営悪化により同製糸場は38年片倉製糸の手に移り，現在は片倉工業富岡工場となっている。【石井寛治】。…

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