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Japanese Female Entrepreneurs: Women in Kyoto Businesses in Tokugawa Japan

In: Female Entrepreneurs in the Long Nineteenth Century

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  • Mary Louise Nagata

    (Francis Marion University)

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Using the population surveys of 30 neighbourhoods in Kyoto, Japan, between 1786 and 1869, together with other qualitative primary documents, this chapter argues that women in Kyoto were integral to the success and long-term continuity of a family business. Employed as skilled artisans and overseeing apprentices, women were expected to troubleshoot and fill in with any task needed to maintain a business. An important intergenerational role of women in business was to oversee the inheritance and succession process, and they played pivotal roles in connecting and developing business networks. The analysis includes women’s activities within a business and women as business owners or branch managers. The chapter also discusses property ownership and decisions regarding who was listed as head of household and business.

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  • Mary Louise Nagata, 2020. "Japanese Female Entrepreneurs: Women in Kyoto Businesses in Tokugawa Japan," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Jennifer Aston & Catherine Bishop (ed.), Female Entrepreneurs in the Long Nineteenth Century, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 267-288, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-33412-3_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33412-3_11
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