One of these institutions was strengthened by an annual interest-free loan caused by the delaybetween the collection of rice 
One of these institutions was strengthened by an annual interest-free loan caused by the delaybetween the collection of rice taxes and the due date of the tax receipts at the capital. TheConstitutional Democrats and the Friends of Constitutional Government were major political partiesthat each were affiliated with one of these institutions. One of these institutions began as "charteredmerchants" in 1691, and another started as a copper (*) refinery. An institution of this kind changed itsname from "Three Rivers" to "Three Diamonds." These entitites were replaced with the so-called"enterprise groups" after being formally broken up by American occupation. For 10 points, Sumitomo,Mitsui, Yasuda, and Mitsubishi were the Big Four of what immense conglomerates which dominatedJapanese business?
One of these institutions was strengthened by an annual interest-free loan caused by the delaybetween the collection of rice taxes and the due date of the tax receipts at the capital.
zaibatsu