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The main residence of the Tajima Yahei is preserved in its state of 1863. The building has two stories and a tile roof. It is the first
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targeted silk production as a major export industry for obtaining the foreign capital critically needed to fund Japan's industrialization. During an inspection of the silk-producing regions in 1869, the
Italian minister plenipotentiary stationed in Japan, Conte Vittorio Sallier De La Tour and the
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