In 1872, artisans Ihei INOUE and Tsuneshichi SAKURA were sent to Lyons, France, and introduced Jacquard weaving machines to Japan, and three years later a Japan-made Jacquard weaving machine was produced by Kohei ARAKI.
明治五年にはフランスのリヨンに職人の井上伊兵衛と佐倉常七を派遣してジャカード織機を導入、3年後には荒木小平が国産のジャカードを誕生させた。