Electrifying Kyoto: Business and Politics in Light and Power, 1887–1915
本文研究1887-1915年间京都私营电力公司与市营电力局的互动，揭示日本电气化进程中商业与政府的关系，对理解早期电力产业组织有参考价值。
The city of Kyoto witnessed Japan’s first public-owned electric utility and first hydraulic station for general supply, and was the first Japanese city in which every household became electrified. Behind these achievements, the interaction between the privately owned Kyoto Electric Light Company and the government-owned Kyoto Municipal Electric Works were important. By exploring their origin, collusion, competition, and demarcation between them from 1887 to 1915, this article addresses business–government relations in the history of Japanese electrification through the case of Kyoto.