Raw Silk Processing Company - Silk Processing Company

A trade organization formed by the government in 1873 (Meiji 6) under the guidance of Yokohama raw silk dealers and local raw silk merchants. This aimed to unify the distribution routes between producers, local merchants and dealers, and following the establishment of the Yokohama Raw Silk Trade Company in 1873, trade trade companies were established in various regions. However, foreign countries viewed this as a "silk guild" that violated the commercial treaties that guaranteed freedom of trade, and protested to the Japanese government, which was forced to relax regulations and abolished it in 1877.

[Umino Fukuju]

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1873年（明治6）政府が横浜生糸売込商、地方生糸商人らを指導して結成させた同業者組織。これにより生産者―地方商人―売込商の流通ルートの統一的編成が図られ、73年の横浜生糸改会社の設立に次いで各地に改会社がつくられた。しかし外国側はこれを貿易の自由を保障する通商条約に違反する「シルク・ギルド」とみなし、日本政府に抗議したため、規制を緩和せざるをえず、77年廃止された。

［海野福寿］

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