Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
Tomioka Silk Mill (1872)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “The Tomioka silk mill”
Oct 1872 — The government opens a model mill with French machinery and a French director, Paul Brunat, to teach modern silk reeling. Its first workers were young women, many from samurai families. Raw silk became Japan’s largest export for decades.
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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