The Tanseido History
| 1931 | Mitsuru Yamada, brush maker, adopted the brush maker name of "SHOUTENSAI" from Mr. Keien Inoue (a renowned person in Japanese calligraphy) |
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| March 1941 | Honored to make brushes presented to H.I.H.Princess Shigeko Terunomiya on the occasion of her imperial highness's visit to Hiroshima |
| October 1952 | Won the 1st technical prize in the town of Kumano annual brush festival for contribution to brush making |
| 1955 | Began to produce cosmetics brushes, utilizing calligraphy brush making skills (Shop: Beniya Yamada Shoten) |
| September 1963 | Honored by the request from Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda to present brushes to His Imperial Highness the Emperor of Japan |
| 1965 | Began production of painting brushes, utilizing calligraphy brush making skills |
| March 1966 | Received an award from the governor of Hiroshima, Mr. Iwao Nagano for contribution to brush making |
| January 1968 | Awarded the Superior Technical Prize by Mr. Heiji Ogawa, Minister of Labor |
| April 1970 | Bestowed with the Order of the Sacred Treasure Silver Rays by His Imperial Highness the Emperor of Japan |
| July 1970 | Komei Yamada, son of the founder, established Tanseido Corporation |
| April 1971 | Honored with the opportunity to present brushes to the Emperor and Empress and to demonstrate the art of brush production before the imperial couple |
| October 1984 | Awarded a testimonial by Mr. Hikosaburo Okonogi, the Minister of International Trade and Industry for contribution to development of the brush industry |
| 1985 | Established the present factory |
| 1990 | The third generation, Koichi Yamada became head of the company, succeeded the brush making spirit with the best efforts concentrating into cosmetics and painting brushes production. |
| April 2000 | Introduced original name labeling machines |
| 2001 | Began to produce Tanseido original brushes |
| 2002 | Developed and introduced strong UV sanitizing system |
| 2003 | Produced platinum and gold handled brushes |
| 2003 | Registered the trademark "TANSEIDO" |
| 2004 | Began production of red and blue handle brushes |
| 2007 | Recognized in the "BUY Hiroshima" campaign for promoting local procurement |
| 2008 | Recognized by the association of "Hiroshima Brands" as a true Hiroshima product maker Recognized by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for effective utilization of local resources (5 years) |
Contact
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