The History of Gekkeikan in Objects and Photographs
The Early Years (1637～)
- Kasagiya, Born in Fushimi, Kyoto
Kasagiya Tokkuri (Flask) - Bold Designs Decorating Sake Barrels
The Original Design for the “Tama no Izumi” Sake Barrel Cover - Oldest Daifukucho Type of Sake Brewer Ledger in Japan
Kanjocho (Japanese-style Ledger) - Oryu-sui
Ever Vigilant Against Fire - An Edo Period Brewery Existing Today
Ridge-end Tiles from Kasagiya and Okura Residence - “It's Gekkeikan! Here Making a Delivery!”
Workman's Livery Coat - Uchigura Sake Brewery
A Waterside Brewery Beloved as a Fushimi Landmark - Sugidama (Cider Ball)
The Shop Sign that Announces New Sake
Rapid Expansion (1900～)
- Becoming the “King of Sake”:
The Gekkeikan Trademark , Symbolizing Victory and Glory - Western-style Bookkeeping:
Changing from Daifukucho to Modern Accounting - Introducing Science and Technology to Sake Brewing
Okura Sake Brewing Research Institute (Original Site) - Portrait of Tsunekichi Okura as a Young Entrepreneur
Decorative Shelving in the Sake Brewing Research Institute - Popular with Urban Salaried Workers:
Taisho Period Train Ads for Preservative- Free Sake, Gekkeikan - How about a drink with your Bento box ?
Small Sake Bottles with Cups that Pioneered Station Sake Sales - Using Brown Colored Bottles to Ensure Sake Quality
- Western-style Bottled Sake
Innovative Sake Product by an Eminent Designer - Demonstrating our High Quality:
Awards and Medals Won at Contests - By Appointment to the Imperial Court:
Old Photos of the Enthronement Ceremonies for the Emperors Taisho and Showa - Become a Bird to See Over the Breweries
Bird's-Eye-View Screen Paintings of Sake Breweries - Western-style Reinforced-Concrete Air-Conditioned Sake Brewery Completed
Old Photos of Showagura Brewery - Changes to the Bottling Factory:
From Hand-Bottling to Automation - “Bottled Sake, Now for Sale”
Shop Sign - I wanna be the Home-Run King!
Yakyu Kozo (Baseball Kid) - Bottles Behind a Kimono-clad Lady
Original Painting for an Advertising Poster - Sake and Dolls Collection
Flask with Doll Design and Music Box - Stable Production of Quality Sake Year-Round:
Japan's First All-Season Brewing System (Otegura Brewing Plant)
Sake Culture and Gekkeikan
- Sake Servers (Tokkuri) Miniaturized for Pubs and Evening Drinks Sake Server with a Laurel Leaves Design
- Stacked Red Lacquered Sake Cups for Elegant Ceremonies on Formal Occasions
- Sharing a Cup Together Haisen (Sake Cup Basin)
- Tools Actually Used by Brewers that Tell of Sake-Making Techniques
- Sake-Making Work Songs
Sakauta, the Chant of the Sake-Makers
