Raw Silk Exchange Office - Kiito Aratamesho

Japanese: 生糸改所 - きいとあらためしょ
Raw Silk Exchange Office - Kiito Aratamesho

…However, Japanese raw silk was initially inferior in quality to Italian and French raw silk, and was only used as weft thread for silk fabrics. However, the Meiji government established a Raw Silk Inspection Office in Edo (1868) to inspect raw silk, the most important export product, and established raw silk inspection companies in each production area (1873) to control the mass production of raw silk. In addition, in 1896, as raw silk exports expanded, raw silk inspection offices were established in Yokohama and Kobe under the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce to inspect the quantity and quality of raw silk. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Raw Silk Exchange Office" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…もっとも日本生糸は当初イタリア・フランス生糸に比べて品質が劣り,絹織物の横糸にしか用いられなかった。しかし明治政府は,輸出産物として最も重要な生糸の輸出検査のために生糸改所を江戸に設けたり(1868),生糸の粗製乱造を規制するために,各産地に生糸改会社を設けた(1873)。また96年には生糸輸出の拡大に伴い,農商務省のもとに横浜,神戸に生糸検査所を設け,生糸の正量,品質検査を行った。…

※「生糸改所」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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