Kawasaki Sohonten

Japanese: 川崎総本店 - かわさきそうほんてん

...However, since there is no central company, the ties between these former Kawasaki-affiliated companies are weak. (2) Kawasaki (Shipbuilding) Zaibatsu This zaibatsu has Kawasaki Sohonten Limited Partnership (capital 10 million yen) as its holding company, which was established in September 1920 by Takenosuke Kawasaki, the grandson of Masazo Kawasaki, who founded the Kawasaki Shipyards (now Kawasaki Heavy Industries) in Kobe, based on his inheritance. The main companies it controls are Kawasaki Shipyards, Kobe Kawasaki Bank, Fukutoku Life Insurance, Daifuku Marine & Fire Insurance, Kobe Shimbun, and the Korean Agricultural Affairs Department (Chonnam Farm, Kaiseisha Farm). ...

From the 15th Bank

...In 1920, it merged with Kobe Kawasaki Bank, Naniwa Bank, and Choyu Bank to become a huge bank with paid-in capital of 50 million yen and total deposits of 320 million yen. The four bank presidents, Matsukata Iwao, Kawasaki Yoshitaro, Matsukata Masao (Iwao's younger brother), and Naruse Masayasu, were all from Kagoshima Prefecture, and the Kawasaki Sohonten Limited Partnership Company was the largest shareholder, with the Shimazu and Naruse families also major shareholders. The Satsuma-related connections and capital were intertwined in many ways, and the bank was called the ``safe of Satsuma-related companies.'' In other words, as of May 1927, it had lent 141.78 million yen to companies such as Kawasaki Shipyard, Kokusai Kisen, Tokiwa Shokai, Tokyo Gas and Electric, and Teikoku Sugar, all of which were run by the Matsukata brothers. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kawasaki Main Store" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし中心企業がないため，これら旧川崎系企業の結びつきは弱い。(2)川崎(造船)財閥　神戸に川崎造船所(現，川崎重工業)を創設した川崎正蔵の遺産をもとに1920年9月に正蔵の孫の武之助が設立した合資会社川崎総本店(資本金1000万円)を持株会社とする財閥。おもな支配企業は，川崎造船所，神戸川崎銀行，福徳生命，大福海上火災，神戸新聞，朝鮮農事部(全南農場，開成社農場)。…

【十五銀行】より

…20年に神戸川崎銀行，浪速銀行，丁酉銀行を合併し，払込資本金5000万円，預金総額3億2000万円の巨大銀行になった。この4行の頭取の松方巌，川崎芳太郎，松方正雄(巌の弟)，成瀬正恭はみな鹿児島県の出身者で，合資会社川崎総本店が筆頭株主となり，島津家や成瀬家も大株主になり，薩州系の人脈と資本が多面的に絡んでいて，〈薩州系企業の金庫〉と呼ばれた。すなわち松方兄弟の経営する川崎造船所，国際汽船，常盤商会，東京瓦斯電気，帝国製糖などの諸企業に27年5月の時点で1億4178万円を融資していた。…

※「川崎総本店」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。

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