Shashi: the Journal of Japanese Business and Company History is a peer-reviewed annual publication on the history of business and manufacturing in Japan. We are especially interested in original research that utilities shashi, or methodological examinations of them.
Shashi are gray literature published by companies themselves to commemorate significant anniversaries, such as the 10th, 50th and 100th. Since the Meiji period, many Japanese companies have published shashi. These books contain not only the company's history, but also that of their industries. They reflect changes in culture, conditions and social environment. Shashi also present history going back to the medieval and early modern periods, since so many Japanese companies have experienced extraordinary longevity. There are more than 50,000 companies over 100 years old in Japan; 3,886 of them are over 200 years old. Shashi are a window into that history.
Shashi are gray literature published by companies themselves to commemorate significant anniversaries, such as the 10th, 50th and 100th. Since the Meiji period, many Japanese companies have published shashi. These books contain not only the company's history, but also that of their industries. They reflect changes in culture, conditions and social environment. Shashi also present history going back to the medieval and early modern periods, since so many Japanese companies have experienced extraordinary longevity. There are more than 50,000 companies over 100 years old in Japan; 3,886 of them are over 200 years old. Shashi are a window into that history.
Vol 1, No 1 (2012): Shashi Issue 1
Table of Contents
From the Editor
| From the Editor's Desk | |
| Martha Chaiklin |
| From the Chair of the Shashi Group | PDF () |
| Hiroyuki N. Good |
| Why Shashi? | |
| David G Wittner |
Articles
| Nittsū’s Company History as a Guide to the Early Modern Origins of Japan’s Modern Communications | |
| Charles Andrews |
| Who Reads Shashi? The Case of the Hiroshima Regional Newspaper | |
| Ann Sherif |
Research Notes
| Centering Shashi and Business Archives as Resources for the Study of Economic and Social History: The Activities of the Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation | |
| Izumi Koide |
| The Great Kanto Earthquake as Seen in Shashi | |
| Yuriko Kadokura |
New articles in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.This journal is published by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh as part of its D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program and is cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
