'John Samuel Swire, 1825-98, and Japan, 1867-98' in H Cortazzi (ed), Britain and Japan. Biographical portraits, Volume 4
Details:
- Author(s) Bleasdale, Charlotte
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 2002
- Pages pp130-41
- Publisher Japan Library
- Place Published London
Topics:
Countries:
- Japan
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Provides an account of the Swire business at Yokohama, opened by J S Swire in 1867, in addition to a branch also recently opened at Shanghai. 1887 opened a second Japanese office at Kobe. J S Swire did not settle in Japan and returned there only briefly in 1873, 1878, 1883 and 1891