@article{oai:nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000314, author = {TAKEMURA, Tamio}, journal = {Nichibunken Japan review : bulletin of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies}, month = {Jan}, note = {At the present time, Japanese-made sonsumer goods dominate the world's markets. As a result, while the atate of the Japanese economy is being criticized in international society, on the other hand interest grows worldwide in the innovation that spurred japan's dynamic economic development. Accordingly, the rtast of clarifying wfen the innovation that was linkes to the studies in economic histry. In this essay I consider the continuity or discontinuity between shanges in structures of consumption and innovative developments in Japan during the 1920s and present Japanese society and technological innovation. In particular, this essay takees international comparative perspective and approaches th topic by analyzing:a)concentration of population by analyzingb)recession and drops in pricesc)development of democracy and reform of existing systemsd)overview of a nascent mass consumer society and its creationWith regard to its relationship to the mascent formation of a mass consumer society. I have clearly stipulated the special characteristics of innovation during the 1920s while extracting patterns such as the production process at large firms and technological develoment based at town factories" (machikōjō).}, pages = {173--197}, title = {The Embryonic Formation of a Mass Consumotion Society, and Innovation, in Japan During the 1920s}, volume = {10}, year = {1998} }