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Publication Date / 2025-12-29 Author / Yu-ju Lin ed. Category / Historical Source Material Series

The Trade Correspondence of Tainan Jinyixing Firm Series

Information：

Publisher / Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica
Edition / First edition
ISBN / 978-626-7341-89-6
Price / NTD 900
Pages / 500

Introduction

This compilation of documents contains commercial correspondence between the Jinyixing Firm in Tainan, Taiwan and the Tai-yi Firm (or Tai-yi-hou) in Nagasaki, Japan during the 1880s-1940s. The documents, concerning the trade of produce such as abalone, milk, clove fish, and salted herring, comprise part of the Tai-yi-hou Papers of Nagasaki temporarily stored in the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica under the permission of Mr. Chen Dong-hua. The collection spans three generations of the Kinmen (Quemoy)-originated Tai-yi Firm owners: Chen Faxing, Chen Shiwang, and Chen jinzhong, covering matters concerning firm management, overseas Chinese, and family activities.