Chronology of Shogi in TendoJapanese
(Last update: October 11, 2001)
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<Edo era>
1831 (2 of Tenpo)
A model font of a cursive styled Kaki-koma(handwriting shogi piece) and production of a shogi piece comes to Tendo.
Nobumi(or Nobukatsu) ODA moves a house from Takahata (current Takahata town, south of Yamagata pref.) to Tendo.

<Meiji era>
1864 (1 of Meiji)
Daihachi YOSHIDA sets out on the part of steward of Tendo feudal clan.
Because life of a lower samurai(clansman) was very poor, Daihachi YOSHIDA encourages to product shogi pieces for clansmans as a countermeasure.

1869 (2 of Meiji)
Nobutoshi ODA is appointed as the governor of Tendo feudal clan.
Start of a piece shop (wholesale business of shogi piece).
Kaki-koma(handwriting shogi piece) develops and craftman of handwriting, ex.Chimazou YAMAKAWA, comes out.
1904 (37 of Meiji)
Start of the Russo-Japanese War.

1909 (42 of Meiji)
Open of Tendo spa(Hot spring)

1910 (43 of Meiji)
Sadasuke YUKI and Morichika KOBAYASHI invent a ARAGIRI Machine (wood cutting machine) using of a stamping power#1.
    #1ARAGIRI: the work to turn a bare wood into a size of shogi piece

<Taisho era>
1912 (1 of Taisho)
Kinjirou MIKAWA make a Hori-koma (Carved piece) using of technology to carve a seal.

1914 (3 of Taisho)
Start of the World War I

1915 (4 of Taisho)
Shichisaburou TAKEUCHI learnes technology to make a Hori-koma (carved piece) from Ikkyou OKUNO in Tokyo. After that he make a Tokyo-bori (Tokyo typed caurved piece)

1919 (8 of Taisho)
Tamesaburou NAKAJIMA do Tamakiri#2 by electric machine. And next he invents a Kowari#3 machine cooperated with Sadakichi YUKI. He begins to produce base woods of shogi piece at his factory.

<Showa era>
1928 (3 of Showa)
Kiyoji SAITO invents a special machine of Kowari using of a stamping power.

1931 (6 of Showa)
Manchurian Incident breaks out.

1932 (7 of Showa)
Hirokichi OOYAMA invents a Shiage#4 machine of a hand pushed system. It is easy to use machines of such a system, so these typed machine is spread.
Machines in factories run by a steam power or a motor.
1935 (10 of Showa)
Electrification of a machine progresses in each factories.

1937 (12 of Showa)
Organization of "Tendo-cho shogi piece industrial guild"

(about 14 or 15 of Showa)
They begin to product Oshi-koma (stamped pieces) by a request from Osaka.

(about 15 of Showa)
They start to use glue instead of persimmon astringent juice as a materials to fill of Hori-koma (carved piece). Persimmon astringent juice has a weekpoint to change dark red.

1941 (16 of Showa)
Beginning of the World War II
Large quantities of consolatory shogi pieces for soldiers are produced.

1945 (20 of Showa)
The end of the World War II

1946 (21 of Showa)
Organization of "Yamagata shogi piece industry cooperative"
Soon after the war, the cursive style font is not written with Kaki-koma (painted shogi pieces), the printed style font of writting becomes a main font.

1954 (29 of Showa)
Organization of "Yamagata shogi piece cooperative".
Organization of new Tendo town with 1 town and 6 villages.

1955 (30 of Showa)
They use Shame-tsuge (foreign boxwood)#5 in order to meet demand of Hori-koma (carved piece).
They start to use bond instead of glue as a materials to fill of Hori-koma (carved piece)
1958 (33 of Showa)
Municipal administration is enforced and Tendo city starts.

(30's of Showa)
The production of shogi piece turn Oshi-koma (stamped piece) and Kaki-koma (painted piece) into Hori-koma (carved piece).
Increase of Mei-koma

1965 (40 of Showa)
They start to product new type of shogi piece, Horiume-koma and Moriage-koma.
Many variety of fonts are used.
They start to carv fonts of Hori-koma (carved piece) by machine, not by hand.

1974 (49 of Showa)
After that, decline and decrease of Oshi-koma (stamped piece) and Kaki-koma (painted piece) remark every year.

1985 (60 of Showa)
Bare wood production by hatchet as occupation disappears.

<Heisei era>
1992 (4 of Heisei)
Shogi Museum of Tendo is opened.

1996 (8 of Heisei)
MITI(the Ministry of International Trade and Industry) appoints "Shogi piece of Tendo" as a traditional industry arts.

1997 (9 of Heisei)
MITI(the Ministry of International Trade and Industry) autorize 11 craftsmen as craftsmen of tradition industrial arts.

Quotation from "Tendo and a shogi piece", published by Tendo city office.
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