Word: kuras
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1933-1933
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...slowly at first, then more swiftly as the countrymen of Commodore Perry came to desire more and more silk. U. S. silk consumption swelled from 80,000 bales in 1900 to 500,000 bales in 1929, of which the U. S. took 73%. This was wealth to the Kata-kura brothers. In 1920 they recapitalized their company at 52,000,000 yen, gave it a more resounding name: Katakura Seishi Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha (Katakura Raw-Silk, Spun Silk Manufacturing Co. Ltd.). Today it is one of the largest and oldest silk reeling firms in the world. It is a huge...