Kadono Jūkurō

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Kadono Jūkurō (門野重九郎, 1867 - 1958) was a Japanese

railway engineer, businessman, and the Chairman of Ōkura Gumi
(1914 - 1937).

He was born in

(Nihon Chōhei Hoken).

He studied

Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, he joined the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1891 as an intern and learned practices for 4 years. [1]

He worked in the San'yō Railway in Japan. In 1897 he was recruited by Ōkura Kihachirō and joined his construction company Ōkura Gumi and became its London branch manager. Later he served as the chairman of the company since 1914 until 1937.

His tomb is in the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.

References

Further reading

  • Mita Shogyo Kenkyukai (1909), Keio Gijuku shussin meiryu retsuden, Jitsugyo no Sekaisha
  • Ueda, Masaaki, others (2001), Kodansha Nihon Jinmei Daijiten, Kodansha{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Takahashi; Fujii (2013), Kindai Nihon Doboku Jinbutu Jiten, Kajima Shuppankai{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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