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farm, quickly turning it into a loom manufacturing workshop. Due to his short stature, Suzuki was placed into the secondary reserve category of the
Japanese Imperial draft, which allowed him to divert his full attention to the manufacture of looms. His first innovation was a pedal-driven loom which
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started in 1904, demand for skilled craftsmen was low, and
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