Dai-Ichi Bank
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The Dai-Ichi Bank, known from its establishment in 1873 to 1896 as Dai-Ichi Kokuritsu Bank was a major Japanese bank headquartered in Tokyo. Founded and developed for several decades by Shibusawa Eiic
First National Bank Building in Kabutocho, Tokyo, erected in 1872 for the Mitsui trading house and used by Dai-Ichi Bank from 1873, photographed before 1875
Photograph taken after reconstruction of the Kaiun bridge in stone in 1875, late 19th century
Tokyo head office after reconstruction on the same site, photographed in 1910
"Japanese Banking Birthplace" plaque memorializing the original Mitsui / Dai-Ichi Bank building in Nihonbashi, Tokyo
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