Bank of Chōsen
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The Bank of Chōsen, known from 1909 to 1911 as the Bank of Korea and transcribed after 1945 as Bank of Joseon, was a colonial bank that served as bank of issue for Korea under Japanese rule as well as
Head office in Keijō, before 1945
Ichihara Morihiro (1858-1915), the first president of the Bank of Korea / Bank of Chōsen
Aerial view of the Bank of Chōsen's head office (center) in the late 1910s. Also visible are the Keijō Post Office (completed 1915) on the right and the newly extended Jongno in the background, with the first Seoul City Hall (behind the bank) and the Chōsen Hotel (1914, behind the Post Office)
Head office upon completion in 1912
Yokohama Specie Bank
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The Yokohama Specie Bank was a Japanese bank founded in Yokohama in 1880, which dominated the Japanese market for trade finance in subsequent decades. It has been described as a "quasi-governmental ex
Former head office building in Yokohama, designed by architect Tsumaki Yorinaka and completed in 1904; since 1967 seat of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
Former branch in Kobe, lately Kobe City Museum
Former branch in Nagasaki
Former branch in Harbin, lately Heilongjiang Provincial Museum