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Kadono Jūkurō

Kadono Jūkurō

Japanese businessman (1867 - 1958)

Kadono Jūkurō (門野重九郎, 1867 - 1958) was a Japanese railway engineer, businessman, and the Chairman of Ōkura Gumi (1914 - 1937).

Kadono Ikunoshin
In this Japanese name, the surname is Kadono.

Career

He was born in Toba, Mie, as the second son of Watari Kadono, Karō of Toba Domain. He had an elder brother Kadono Ikunoshin, who later became the founder and president of Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Company (Chiyoda Seimei Hoken), and Japan Conscription Insurance (Nihon Chōhei Hoken).

He studied financial management and law at Keio University, and after graduated the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, he joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1891 as an intern and learned practices for 4 years. [1]

He worked in the San'yō Railway in Japan. In 1897 he was recruited by Ōkura Kihachirō and joined his construction company Ōkura Gumi and became its London branch manager. Later he served as the chairman of the company since 1914 until 1937.

His tomb is in the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.

References

  1. [1]
    Mita Shogyo Kenkyukai 1909.

Further reading

  • Mita Shogyo Kenkyukai (1909), Keio Gijuku shussin meiryu retsuden, Jitsugyo no Sekaisha
  • Ueda, Masaaki, others (2001), Kodansha Nihon Jinmei Daijiten, Kodansha{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Takahashi; Fujii (2013), Kindai Nihon Doboku Jinbutu Jiten, Kajima Shuppankai{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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