Konoike Zenemon - Konoike Zenemon

Japanese: 鴻池善右衛門 - こうのいけぜんえもん

The name of the head of the Konoike family, a wealthy merchant family in Osaka during the Edo period. The first head, Masanari (1608-1693), was the son of Yamanaka Shinroku, the founder of the Konoike family, and is said to be the grandson of Yamanaka Shikasuke, a military commander of the Amago clan. From 1650, the family started a sake brewing and transportation business, and in 1656, they started a money exchange business, becoming known as the Ten Money Exchanges. The second head took the name Kiemon, but from the third head, Munetoshi (1667-1736), onwards, the family took the name Zen'emon. During Munetoshi's time, they developed Konoike Shinden in Kawachi, and worked as a merchant for various feudal domains, solidifying the foundations of the family. In 1688, the number of feudal lords doing business with the Konoike family reached 32 feudal domains. The Meiji Restoration took place during the reign of the 10th lord, Kotomi (1841-1920), and the Konoike family remained involved in most of the companies established in Osaka even after the Restoration. They controlled the Kansai financial world, centering on the Thirteenth National Bank established in 1877 (the Konoike Bank of 1897, the predecessor of Sanwa Bank), and came to be known as the Konoike zaibatsu, but this did not lead to the formation of a modern conglomerate.

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Japanese:

江戸時代の大坂の豪商鴻池家の当主の名。初代正成〔1608-1693〕は鴻池家の始祖山中新六の子で，尼子氏の武将山中鹿介の孫にあたると伝える。1650年より，酒造・運送業，1656年両替商を始め，十人両替ともなる。２代は喜右衛門を名乗ったが，３代宗利〔1667-1736〕以後は善右衛門を襲名。宗利の時，河内に鴻池新田を開発，諸藩の御用商人として活躍し，同家の基礎を固めた。1688年に鴻池家と取引のあった大名は32藩に及んだという。明治維新は10代幸富〔1841-1920〕の時で，鴻池家は維新後も大阪に設立されたほとんどの会社に関与，1877年設立の第十三国立銀行（1897年鴻池銀行，三和銀行の前身）を中心に関西財界の牛耳を執り，鴻池財閥と呼ばれたが，近代的コンツェルンの形成には至らなかった。

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