Kansai Trade Association

…The growing attacks on the government by the clan faction led to the political upheaval of 1881. Kuroda Kiyotaka, the Commissioner of Colonization, tried to sell off and have the Hokkaido Development Agency's various government-run businesses succeeded by the Hokkaisha, which was formed by the Hokkaido Development Agency's officials, and the Kansai Trading Company, which was established by Kansai political businessman Godai Tomoatsu, who was from Kagoshima. The government accepted Kuroda's request on August 1. The properties to be sold included most of the government ships, warehouses, factories, and mines, except for the Horonai coal mine and the railroad, which were under construction at the time, and were sold for an exceptionally reasonable amount of just over 387,000 yen, with 30 years of interest-free installments. This sparked intense indignation, as it was seen as an indiscretion of government property by bureaucrats and political merchants from the Satsuma faction in collusion. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kansai Trade Chamber of Commerce" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…藩閥政府攻撃が強まったため，明治14年の政変をひきおこした。開拓長官黒田清隆は，開拓使官吏の結成する北海社と，関西の政商で鹿児島出身の五代友厚らがつくった関西貿易商会とに開拓使官営諸事業を払い下げ，継承させようとし，8月1日政府は黒田の要求を認めた。払下物件は，当時建設中だった幌内炭坑や鉄道を除くほとんどの官船，倉庫，工場，鉱山などをふくみ，38万7000余円，無利息30年賦という破格の条件だったことから，薩摩閥の官僚･政商が結託して官物を私するものとして，はげしい憤激を呼んだ。…

※「関西貿易商会」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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