Kadono Ikunoshin Explained

was a Japanese samurai and businessman. He has a younger brother Kadono Jūkurō (1867 - 1958) who was a Japanese railway engineer, businessman, and the Chairman of Ōkura Gumi (1914 - 1937).

Career

In 1904, Kadono founded Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Company (Chiyoda Seimei Hoken). It was the first in Japan with an American structure.^[1] In 1906, he was a founder of Chiyoda Fire Insurance (Chiyoda Kasai Hoken).^[2]

External links

• National Diet Library, Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures, Kadono Ikunoshin
• Insurance Hall of Fame, Ikunoshin Kadono

Notes and References

1. Graham, Fiona. (2004). Inside the Japanese Company, p. 4.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=-1IxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA430&lpg=PA430&dq= The Japan Weekly Mail, Vol. 45 (April 28, 1906), p. 430, 3rd column