HORI METAL LEAF & POWDER CO., LTD. has a history of 300
years, having been established in 1711 (the first year of the Shotoku era) by
founder Denbei Sunakoya. In the beginning we manufactured gold leaf as the goldbeater
for the gold mint under the control of the Tokugawa government. However, since
the days of the Meiji Restoration we have expanded our market nationwide, so that
today we deal in a variety of metal foils and powders.
Responding to the developments of the times, we have since the end of the Second World War been a tireless explorer in the field of advanced science,
as well as in the realm of decorative arts, and have both expanded and refined our technology. |
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Old trade notes
handed down through generations
gKirokuchoh working process note
and gTodokemonochoh
process management book. |
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License plate inscribed in India ink:
Mint accredited gold-leaf gilders.
Denbei Sunakoya of Nishinotoin
Gojo Agaru Hachimancho. |
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| Company Name |
HORI METAL LEAF & POWDER CO.,LTD |
| Head Office Address |
Gokomachi-higashiiru, Oikedori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
Prefecture, 604-8095, Japan
Phone: +81-75-231-5357
Fax: +81-75-211-5357 |
| President and Representative
Director |
Tomoyuki Hori |
| Established |
Year 1711 (first year of the Shotoku era) |
| Business |
Manufacturing and sale of various metal foils and
powders |
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Year 1711
(first year of the Shotoku era) |
Started business in Kyoto |
Year 1868
(first year of the Meiji era) |
Premises moves to Gokomachi Oike Sagaru after catching
fire in the battle of Tobafushimi (Boshin War) |
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Year 1894
(27th year of the Meiji era)
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Bronze powder factory completed in Yamabata |
Year 1950
(25th year of the Showa era) |
Reorganized as a business corporation |
Year 1964
(39th year of the Showa era) |
Established the Nagoya sales office |
Year 1989
(first year of the Heisei era) |
Nagoya branch completed |
Year 2001
(13th year of the Heisei era) |
Main shop refurbished |
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The first year of the Shotoku era (1711),
when we started business, was almost 10 years
after the Chushingura (vendetta of the Ako Ronin).
It was at a time just before the Kyoho Reformation
by the Eighth Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa. |
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