東京電灯(株)『東京電灯株式会社開業五十年史』(1936.08)

In the early Meiji period, a British teacher and his Japanese students at the College of Engineering learned about the practicality of electric light from foreign magazines and other sources. They approached businessmen with the proposal of establishing an electrical company. In 1882, Yajima Sakuro (1839-1911) and Okura Kihachiro (1837-1928) applied to establish the Tokyo Dento Kaisha (“Tokyo Electric Light Company”). Permission was granted the following year and general operations began in 1886. A thermal power plant was built in Tokyo and electrical power began to be supplied in 1888. Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931) was heavily involved in the establishment of the company and sat on the board from 1888 to 1891. The shashi consists of sections on the 50 years of history since the establishment, contemporary conditions, and materials and documents as well as many photographs and charts. [In 1942, due to the power distribution control law, Tokyo Dento was consolidated with Kofu Denryoku, Fuji Denryoku, and Hitachi Denryoku into Kanto Haiden Kabushiki Kaisha (“Kanto Electric Distribution Co., Ltd.”).]