Japanese raw silk also proved to be of the best quality on the world market.

Paul Brunat opens the first modern Japanese silk spinning factory at Tomioka.

He sold Japanese silks, kimonos, as well as oriental souvenirs and provisions.

They refined the techniques, and Japanese silk became widely known as being of very high quality.

But in the United States it means a closed market to Japanese cotton, not to mention Japanese silk.

At the beginning of his career he was a minor participant in a project that helped develop parachutes using nylon rather than imported Japanese silk.

"Here's some o' that Japanese silk," the boys heard one of the men say.

They also are usually bound in a deluxe material (imported leather, Japanese silk, etc.).

Japanese raw silk was the most important export and sustained the growth of Japan's economy at that time.

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