味の素(株)『味の素株式会社社史. 1』(1971.06)

This shashi was compiled to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the launch of “aji-no-moto” and consists of two volumes, one each on the pre- and post-WWII periods. The first volume starts with the Suzuki family’s production of iodine and covers the period until the financial difficulties of WWII. The second volume starts with the company’s revival after the war and covers the period until the diversification and internationalization of the 1960s. Although the previously published Ajinomoto enkakushi (The History of Ajinomoto) was an in-house project, this shashi was compiled by the Japan Business History Institute under the supervision of economist Tsuchiya Takao. Both volumes include prefatory remarks by authoritative organic chemists Dr. Sakaguchi Kin’ichiro and Dr. Akahori Shiro and volume one includes folklorist Miyamoto Tsuneichi’s “Nihon ni okeru chomiryo no rekishi” (The History of Seasonings in Japan).