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By Minoru Sawai

[During the "Great Osaka" period, Osaka was known as the "commercial capital" and the "Manchester of the Orient," but it was also the "industrial capital" and a city with a high concentration of machinery and metalworking industries. This book clarifies the management status of companies that established important positions in the machinery industry in Osaka in the prewar period, and examines the subjective conditions for the development of these companies through case studies of nine ambitious founders.
The following nine entrepreneurs are the subjects of this book.
*Takizaburo Wakayama (Wakayama Ironworks)
*Ryokichi Mizoguchi (Mizoguchi Gear Factory)
*Kanzo Sakai (Sakai Kanzo Shoten)
*Tsubakimoto Chiein Seisakusho
*Gonpei Kuwata (Nihon Spindle Manufacturing)
*Aizo Kobayashi*Ryozo Shinagawa Brothers (Osaka Transformer)
*Takeji Yamada (Osaka Machine Works)
*Shinji Shibayanagi (Onkashima Ironworks, Nippon Forge)

[The "Great Osaka" era was also a time of entrepreneurial spirit. The fascinating founders featured in this book embody the openness and self-reliance of modern Osaka, and they developed energetic entrepreneurial activities in Osaka. The book examines the factors that led to Osaka's remarkable economic development from the perspective of business history and the history of entrepreneurs, and presents historical lessons that modern Osaka should learn.

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The Modern Osaka Businessmen: Focusing on the Machinery Industry
近代大阪の企業者群像:機械工業を中心に
(978-4-87259-836-0)
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Item added on: 2025/3/28
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Year of manufacture: 2025
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By Minoru Sawai

[During the "Great Osaka" period, Osaka was known as the "commercial capital" and the "Manchester of the Orient," but it was also the "industrial capital" and a city with a high concentration of machinery and metalworking industries. This book clarifies the management status of companies that established important positions in the machinery industry in Osaka in the prewar period, and examines the subjective conditions for the development of these companies through case studies of nine ambitious founders.
The following nine entrepreneurs are the subjects of this book.
*Takizaburo Wakayama (Wakayama Ironworks)
*Ryokichi Mizoguchi (Mizoguchi Gear Factory)
*Kanzo Sakai (Sakai Kanzo Shoten)
*Tsubakimoto Chiein Seisakusho
*Gonpei Kuwata (Nihon Spindle Manufacturing)
*Aizo Kobayashi*Ryozo Shinagawa Brothers (Osaka Transformer)
*Takeji Yamada (Osaka Machine Works)
*Shinji Shibayanagi (Onkashima Ironworks, Nippon Forge)

[The "Great Osaka" era was also a time of entrepreneurial spirit. The fascinating founders featured in this book embody the openness and self-reliance of modern Osaka, and they developed energetic entrepreneurial activities in Osaka. The book examines the factors that led to Osaka's remarkable economic development from the perspective of business history and the history of entrepreneurs, and presents historical lessons that modern Osaka should learn.

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