J.Yoshida's residence - Tycoon in the village
In Edo period, shogunate had some great horse ranch in Kazusa, Northern Chiba Prefecture, and located some village headman for breeding military horses. "Kogane"-ranch, which occupied half of Kashiwa City and Nagareyama City in Today, was one of those horse ranch.
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| Former Yoshida family residence in Kashiwa (C)JAPAN a while ago |
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| Purline of the residence build in around 1850 (C)JAPAN a while ago |
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| Main entrance of the purline, only for local governor of shogunate (C)JAPAN a while ago |
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| A ranking list of soy sauce brewery in Kanto district, printed in 1853, Yoshida soy sauce brewery ranked in Top 20 |
Yoshida family were one of hereditary village headman belonging Kogane-ranch. They engage in breeding as squire, and started brewed soy sauce as sideline from 1805. Even now, there are extant Yoshida family residence in rural side of Kashiwa.
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| Great gate of the residence, build in around 1830's (C)JAPAN a while ago |
Yoshida family residence build in mid 19 century, last some decade of Edo period. So surprisingly, there are large gate like Daimyo's residence, in most case it was arrowed only Samurai but Yoshida family got exception.
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| J.Yoshida's residence and his soy sauce brewery from the art book published in 1894 |
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| The trade mark of "Kikko-Chiyo" as the special grade of J.Yoshida's soy sauce brewery |
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| Jinzaemon Yoshida (1874-1941), business man in Kashiwa (Public Domain) |
After Meiji restoration, the new government abolished shogunate ranch. Then Jinzaemon Yoshida, paterfamilias of Yoshida family from Meiji era to early Showa era, started to focus on soy sauce business and capitalist in Kashiwa. Yoshida soy sauce brewery sold some line up, the special grade was "Kikko-Chiyo (meaning thousand ages)", and the ordinary grade was "Hanano-I (meaning name of their village)", these main market were county side of Northern Kanto district because of avoiding competitive pressure from other soy sauce brewery like KIKKOMAN CORPORATION in Noda. In addition, J.Yoshida established bus company.
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| Illustration of J.Yoshida's soy sauce brewery from the "Hanano-I" wrapping paper |
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J.Yoshida's soy sauce brewery in early Taisho era
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But until Taisho era as KIKKOMAN CORPORATION becoming Gulliver, J.Yoshida sold his soy sauce brewery and changed his job. He established Kashiwa racecourse, and more he planed amusement park under the influence of Ichizo Kobayashi who developed Hankyu-Takaraduka amusement complex.
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| Former Yoshida family residence in today, as national important cultural property, museum, and local park (C)JAPAN a while ago |
Today, his soy sauce brewery and racecourse was closed, amusement park is never build up, but his residence is still there and saving as national important cultural property.
