Gunze

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Gunze Limited
Headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka
Native name	グンゼ株式会社
Romanized name	Gunze Kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly	Gunze Silk Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (1896-1943, 1946-1967) Gunze Industries Co., Ltd. (1943-1946)
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 3002
Founded	August 10, 1896; 130 years ago (1896-08-10)
Headquarters	Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka , Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Clothing
Website	Official website

Gunze Limited (グンゼ株式会社, Gunze Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese clothing brand with its registered head office in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, its Osaka head office, and a Tokyo office. It was established on August 10, 1896, by Tsurukichi Hatano, and was originally known as Gunze Silk Manufacturing Co., Ltd. .

The company started the Gunze Blue-Mountain Underwear brand in association with Daiei in 1962, and this brand was used for all sexes before the introduction of the Christie brand for women in 1968. In a three-year period from 1962 the brand made up 6 percent of Daiei's turnover of underwear. It began selling its clothing in Thailand in 2000.

The company's flagship outlet is in Harajuku.

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