Yokohama Specie Bank
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is a Japanese bank founded in Yokohama, Japan in the year 1880. It later became The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. in 1947. The bank played a significant role in Japanese trade with China. The original bank building is now the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History.
History
- 1879 - Established by the National Bank Act
- February 28, 1880 - Bank officially opens
- March 1883 - Rokuro Hara is brought in as president
- 1893 - ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
branch opens - 1910 - Honolulu, Hawaii branch opens. The building was designed by architect Harry Livingston Kerr
- 1946 - The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. is designated to take over the business.
- 1963 - Liquidation
Past presidents
- First (December 1879 - July 1882) Michita Nakamura
- Second generation (July 1882 - January 1883) Eisuke Ono (father of Yoko OnoYoko Onois a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
) - Third generation (1883 January - March 1883) Hakushu
- Fourth generation (March 1883 - March 1890) Hara Rokurou
- Fifth generation (1890 March - April 1897) Yoshi Takashi Sonoda
- Sixth generation (March 1897 - March 1906) Yin Aiba Hisashi
- Seventh generation (March 1906 - June 1911) Korekiyo Takahashi
- 8th generation (March 1911 - February 1913) Yatarō MishimaYatarō Mishimawas a Japanese businessman, central banker and the 8th Governor of the Bank of Japan . Viscount Mishima was a member of Japan's House of Peers.-Early life:Mishima was born in Kagoshima Prefecture....
- 9th generation (1913 February to September 1913) Mizumachi
- 10th generation (September 1913 - March 1919) Junnosuke InoueJunnosuke Inouewas a Japanese businessman and central banker. He was the 9th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan .-Career:In 1897, Inoue was a BOJ trainee along with Hisaakira Hijikata...
- 11th generation (March 1919 - March 1922) Kazihara Nakazi
- 12th generation (March 1922 - September 1936) Kodama Kenzi
- 13th generation (September 1936 - March 1943) Hori Ken Oohisa
- 14th generation (March 1943 - June 1945) Hide Shigeru Kashiwagi
- 15th generation (1945 June–July 1946) Arakawa Shiyouzi
- 16th generation (1946-June–December 1946), Hee-Ichi Takada