JI Zhaojin

The Dalian Branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank. Photo taken around 1915.
The Yokahama Specie Bank Limited originally was a private commercial bank which became a Japanese official overseas bank in the 1890s. The bank issued and circulated Japanese military notes during Sino-Japanese war periods, and was closed in 1945 after World War II.
The Yokohama Specie Bank was established on 28 February 1880 in Yokohama, Japan, to engage in foreign