紀要論文

明治期福井県における輸出向絹織物業の勃興と成長 : 「工場」生産の持った意味

The Emergence and Growth of the Export Silk Industry in Fukui in the Meiji Era : The Role of "Manufactory" Production

jpn

00229741

https://doi.org/10.15002/00001956

法政大学経済学部学会

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2006-03-03

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The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons why "manufactory" was established in the export market-oriented silk-weaving district in Japan around 1890. Silk fabric, especially habutae silk, was one of important export goods in Japan before the Second World War. Habutae silk was a thin, plain and smooth fabric that was first produced as export goods in Kiryu. Fukui Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Tsuruoka in Yamagata Prefecture, and Kawamata in Fukushima Prefecture then became also major weaving districts. Among them, production of habutae in Fukui Prefecture grew rapidly through increase in both hand-looms and workers per manufactory rather than increase in manufactories itself. A putting-out system was not common in this area for the purpose of production increase. After the beginning of international trade, export industrial goods were required to satisfy quality standards: uniformity, design, durability and packing. As Japanese habutae was used as materials in the Western world, it had to be uniform and durable for processing. Manufactories had to do something to raise the quality in habutae through the division of labour as well as working together under the roof. That is why producers in Fukui introduced 'manufactory-as-factory' system instead of the putting-out system to respond to such requirements that the manufacturing industry in Japan faced for the first time.

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AN00071028