WHY WAS NAIL-ROD FIRST BROUGHT TO JAPAN INSTEAD OF WIRE NAIL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OPNEING OF THE COUNTRY?

Abstract

This article considers the difference in the timing of importation of Nail-rods and Wire nails in modern Japan. The following points become clear.

Looking at nail making trends in world history, the end of the early modern period was the end of forged nails by nail-rod, and the dawn of Wire nail manufacturing. In addition, after the opening of the country, when Nail-rod was brought to Japan, Japanese iron wholesalers actively moved to purchase Nail-rod. These are the reasons why Nail-rod was widely introduced in Japan ahead of Wire nail.