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Personal Name Records, Commerce and Industry Records
Last Updated July 7, 2020
Introducing materials that can be found on people related to Yokohama and companies in Yokohama. The personal name record will be introduced mainly with biographies and portraits. This section mainly contains information on the business name and Address, as well as information on the year of establishment and capital. For some materials, the names of people and company names are recorded as indexes and can be searched.
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| Book name Publisher | Year of publication | Index | Name of person Search | Number of recordings | Contents | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keihin Businessmen's Name Book Keihin Business Shinpo, Inc. | 1907 (1907) | People's names are in order | Allowed | Approximately 1,600 people | Name (no ruby), Address, Phone number, biography and portrait. | The majority of people live in Tokyo. Some people living in Yokohama are also posted. |
| "Yokohama Success Honorary Book" Yokohama Shoji Shimpo | 1910 (1910) | Personal name and company name Iroha (by occupation) | Allowed | Approximately 1,100 people (company) | Name (no ruby), Address, biography. There are many portraits. | In addition to people, companies, schools, foreign trading houses, etc. Reprint: Yurindo 1980 |
| "Yokohama Social Dictionary" Yokohama Communications Company | 1917 (1917) | Name of person and company name Iroha | Allowed | Approximately 1,600 people Approximately 2,000 companies | Name (no ruby), biography. There is a portrait. | In addition to people, companies and shops, there are about 250 government guard schools, about 1,000 famous historic sites, shrines and temples, and about 130 people in Tachibanaki-gun. Reprint: Shonando Bookstore 1986 |
| "Yokohama City Magazine" Yokohama City Magazine Compilation Office | 1929 (1929) | People's names are in order | Not allowed | Approximately 1,200 people | Name (no ruby), Address, occupation, biography. There are many portraits. | Focusing on Ichii's people who were active in Yokohama at the time of publication, he introduced in detail using one page per person. |
| Kanagawa Prefecture Men's Record Yokohama City Magazine Compilation Office | 1930 (1930) | People's names are in order | Allowed | Approximately 1,400 people | Name (no ruby), Address, biography. There are many portraits. | I will introduce it in detail using one page per person. |
| "Kanagawa Prefecture Directory" Yokohama Trading Shinpo Co., Ltd. | 1935 (1935) | People's names are in order | Allowed | Approximately 1,900 people | Name (some ruby), Address, biography. There are many portraits. | Posted officials, businessmen, teachers, doctors, monks, priests, painters, calligraphers, etc. |
| Book name Publisher | Year of publication | Index | Company name Search | Number of recordings | Contents | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Japanese Painting Merchant Record" Moichi Sasaki | 1886 (1886) | None | Allowed | － | Address, name (company name), officer, occupation, exterior of building. Published in order of address. | 1886 Address Record of Foreign Residents in Yokohama. The table of contents is a record of the company name (only kana as indicated). Reprint: "Yokohama Copper Prints" Yurindo 1982 |
| "Yokohama Trade Short Diameter" Yokohama Trading Newspaper | 1893 (1893) | No particular order by industry | Not allowed | Approximately 900 companies | Address, trade name, Phone number, representative name and items handled. | There is a foreign trading house. Reprint: Yokohama Local Study Group 1995 |
| "Yokohama Success Honorary Book" Yokohama Shoji Shimpo | 1910 (1910) | Personal name and company name Iroha (by occupation) | Allowed | Approximately 1,100 people (company) | Company name, Address, history. | Reprint: Yurindo 1980 |
| "Yokohama Commerce and Industry Guide" Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry | 1915 (1915) | Types of business | Not allowed | Approximately 4,200 companies | List of industrial companies and factories (68p): Company name, major products, Address, representative name, date of establishment, capital, etc. Commerce and Industry Name Record (131p): Industry, sales tax, sales office Address, name, trade name, Phone number, etc. | Commentary on materials: "Documents This and That (Part 86)-Yokohama Commerce and Industry Guide" ("Local Yokohama (1991.03) No. 116-118") ） |
| "Yokohama Social Dictionary" Yokohama Communications Company | 1917 (1917) | Name of person and company name Iroha | Allowed | Approximately 1,600 people Approximately 2,000 companies | Company name, history. | In addition to people, companies and shops, there are about 250 government guard schools, about 1,000 famous historic sites, shrines and temples, and about 130 people in Tachibanaki-gun. Reprint: Shonando Bookstore 1986 |
| "Yokohama City Commerce and Industry Directory" Yokohama City Hall | 1918 (1918) | Types of business | Not allowed | Approximately 2,700 companies (names) | Business type, operating tax, sales office Address, Phone number, trade name, capital, name, date of establishment | Appendix: Import and Export Traders (273-345p) |
| "Yokohama City Commerce and Industry Guide" Yokohama City Commerce and Industry Division | 1924 (1924) | Types of business | Not allowed | Approximately 4,300 companies | Business type, business partner, sales office Address, Phone number, trade name, representative name | ※There are 1921, 1926, 1930, 1933, and 1937 versions. |
| "Yokohama City Company Name Book" Yokohama City Hall Commerce and Industry Division | 1926 (1926) | Types of business | Not allowed | Approximately 1,100 companies | Trade name (corporate name), purpose, total capital, payment amount, date of establishment, Phone number, sales office Address, representative name | ※Available in the 1932 edition (approximately 1,250 companies) and the 1939 edition (approximately 1,900 companies). |
| "Yokohama City Industrial Directory" Yokohama City Commerce and Industry Division | 1927 (1927) | No particular order by industry | Not allowed | Approximately 5,700 companies | Factory name, major products, location, industrial owner, date of establishment, number of workers by gender, Phone number | As of December 31, 1925 |
| 『The foreign trade directory of Yokohama』 Yokohama Chamber of Commerce | 1927 (1927) | Japanese/Foreigner company name alphabetical order | Not allowed | Approximately 300 companies | List of Japanese and foreign importers in Yokohama Year of establishment, representative, main export destination, items handled, etc. | ※1929, 1932, 1936, and 1939 ("Trade directory of Yokohama.") Yes. |
| "Yokohama Commerce and Industry Directory" Yokohama Chamber of Commerce | 1930 (1930) | Types of business | Not allowed | Approximately 3,500 companies | Business type, business type, business location, trade name, business name, business name, sales office Address, Phone number, year of establishment | Appendix: Traders, banks and companies, government and government |
| "Yokohama City Factory Directory" Yokohama City Industry Department | 1939 (1939) | Category by Industry | Not allowed | Approximately 1,100 companies | Factory name, location, Phone number, industrial owner nomination, business start date, main business | ※There is a 1949 edition. |
| "Yokohama Company Handbook" Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry Research Committee | 1940 (1940) | Japanese alphabetical order Company Name | Allowed | Approximately 800 companies | Company name, Address, representative name, Phone number, sales section, capital, officer name, date of establishment, etc. | None |
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