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| − | [[File:Tomioka-silk-mill.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Tomioka Silk Mill, as depicted in an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' print by [[Utagawa Kuniteru]]]] | + | [[File:Tomioka-silk-mill.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The Tomioka Silk Mill, as depicted in an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' print by [[Utagawa Kuniteru II]]]] |
The Tomioka silk mill was one of the earliest and most major [[silk]] reeling factories to be established in [[Meiji period]] Japan, pioneering a shift in the Japanese silk industry towards the widespread use of modern/Western techniques and technologies. Located in [[Gunma prefecture]], the mill is today a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]. | The Tomioka silk mill was one of the earliest and most major [[silk]] reeling factories to be established in [[Meiji period]] Japan, pioneering a shift in the Japanese silk industry towards the widespread use of modern/Western techniques and technologies. Located in [[Gunma prefecture]], the mill is today a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:57, 4 February 2020
The Tomioka silk mill was one of the earliest and most major silk reeling factories to be established in Meiji period Japan, pioneering a shift in the Japanese silk industry towards the widespread use of modern/Western techniques and technologies. Located in Gunma prefecture, the mill is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A strike conducted by the silk mill's workers in 1898 is oft-cited as a notable example of the grueling labor practices of the time, and the beginnings of a modern labor movement in Japan.
