Kyoto Cotton Thread Weaving Company - Kyoto Menshi Orimono Kaisha

Japanese: 京都綿糸織物会社 - きょうとめんしおりものかいしゃ
Kyoto Cotton Thread Weaving Company - Kyoto Menshi Orimono Kaisha

…On the other hand, the Onagigawa Cotton Company, established in Tokyo in 1887, began producing wide-width cotton cloth in 1888 using 200 imported power looms, which gradually increased mainly as a spinning company. In 1889, the Kyoto Cotton Yarn Weaving Company and the Osaka Weaving Company were established, and cotton cloth factories equipped with a large number of power looms were established in various places. In 1897, Sakichi Toyoda completed a wooden power loom, which he later improved to an iron one, greatly contributing to the development of the cotton weaving industry in Japan. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kyoto Cotton Thread Weaving Company" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一方,1887年東京に設立された小名木川(おなきがわ)綿布会社が88年から開始した輸入力織機200台による広幅綿布生産は,主として紡績会社の兼営としてしだいに増加した。その後,89年に京都綿糸織物会社,大阪織布会社と各地に大量の力織機を装備した綿布工場が設立された。また97年には豊田佐吉が木製の力織機を完成,その後これを鉄製に改良,日本の綿織物業の発展に大きく寄与した。…

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