TENPOU

1835

The season of balmy breeze in May, on the banks of the Kanda River, Kyuzaemon Yokoyama put up the nameplate of the dollmaker Kyugetsu.

KOUKA

1845

The second-generation Kyubei, who had been training as an heir while helping his father Kyuzaemon, made a major decision at the age of 30. He left the place where the company was founded and moved to Kayacho 2-chome, and sent his 10-year-old son to serve an apprenticeship with Yoshinoya Tokubei in Kayacho 1-chome, a large doll and toy wholesaler at the time.

BUNKYU

1862

At the age of ten, the young Kyubei of third-generation was apprenticed to a large wholesaler and received a rigorous education in line with the prestige of a long-established business. Starting with etiquette, behaviour and business practices, he was unfamiliar with the customs of a merchant family.

MEIJI

1884

The fourth-generation Kyubei inherited the business methods of his father, Kyubei Yoshinoya, from an early age and took over the shop at the age of just 23. The first thing he did when he became the owner was to revive the trade name 'Kyugetsu', which was given by Kyubei I at the time of the establishment of the business.

TAISHO

1923

The signboard that currently hangs in front of the main entrance to the head office was made at the beginning of the Showa period, during the reign of the fifth generation, and was written by the calligrapher Bundou Shunkai, who was also the abbot of Ketokuin in Kuramae, Asakusa, at the time.