Show an old capane Ja pane bank japan has a banking house that has been in business without a break for over three hundred years it began with no kami an impoverished feudal noble of the province of ise who broke away from the traditions of his caste and went into the liquor trade manufacturing saki from rice one of his sons established a bank which two centuries ago was removed to toldo the present capital and from the name of the principal at the time took the name by which it is now known of the mitsui bank like the the whole family is engaged in the business a marked feature of which is that the capital belongs to all in common while no one member can claim a separate share the most competent individual is chosen president the bank has now over thirty branches and is the largest private bank in japan |