Business card of YONEDA Tomi (Member of the Suiheisha, Kamigyo-ku Takanokita-machi, Kyoto City, the Headquarters of the Zenkoku Suiheisha League)
YONEDA Tomi, who recorded how the Hyeongpyengsa was created by whom and
what kind of discriminatory incidents had occurred to the former Baegjeong
in his 1924 pocketbook (the nominated item 2), is one of the founders of
the Zenkoku Suiheisha. Having long been interested in international solidarity
for the liberation of minorities who had been discriminated against, he
took part in the founding ceremony of the Osaka Federation of Korean Laborers
in December 1922; he also worked hard for the creation of the Headquarters
of the Kansai Korean Laborers’ League in the same month, delivering a
congratulatory speech at the founding assembly.
The fact that the Headquarters of the Zenkoku Suiheisha League moved to Osaka City in 1925, after which YONEDA did not use the title of “Member of Suiheisha” on his business card, and that the address of the Headquarters is indicated as “Kamigyo-ku Takanokita-machi, Kyoto City” indicates that the business card had been used only until 1924.
In those days, business cards were used as letters of introduction. OZAKI Yukio, the person who introduced TAKETOMI Taketoshi, had served as a member of the House of Representatives for 63 years since 1890, when the first House of Representatives election was held. He opposed to the militarism and was called “the father of parliamentary government”. TAKETOMI was also a member of the House of Representatives, having served as the Minister of Finance in the second Cabinet of Prime Minister OKUMA Shigenobu and become a member of the House of Peers in 1924. Both of them were prominent figures in politics in Japan.
The fact that the Headquarters of the Zenkoku Suiheisha League moved to Osaka City in 1925, after which YONEDA did not use the title of “Member of Suiheisha” on his business card, and that the address of the Headquarters is indicated as “Kamigyo-ku Takanokita-machi, Kyoto City” indicates that the business card had been used only until 1924.
In those days, business cards were used as letters of introduction. OZAKI Yukio, the person who introduced TAKETOMI Taketoshi, had served as a member of the House of Representatives for 63 years since 1890, when the first House of Representatives election was held. He opposed to the militarism and was called “the father of parliamentary government”. TAKETOMI was also a member of the House of Representatives, having served as the Minister of Finance in the second Cabinet of Prime Minister OKUMA Shigenobu and become a member of the House of Peers in 1924. Both of them were prominent figures in politics in Japan.
Business card of YONEDA Tomi -[Front]
Business card of YONEDA Tomi -[Back]