ContentsKaoru Ishikawa, the Man and Quality Control

PART II
Human Beings Are Human Beings:
Kaoru Ishikawa as a Common Man
Chapter 3
3.1

3.2

3.3

Memories of Prof. Kaoru Ishikawa

33“You and I (Kisama To Ore)”: Our Days Together in the Navy andin Nissan Liquid Fuel
Tracing Destined Human Ties in Life
Masao Kogure†
Kisama To Ore
Tokushiro Ozato
Memories of before and after the Pacific War
Kenji Suda

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Prof. Ishikawa as a Friend, a Senior, a Boss and a Teacher
Thoughts about Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa
W. Edwards Deming
Memories of Prof. IshikawaTetsuichi Asaka

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As I Recall Him, with Deep Sorrow
Lessons Learned from the Professor
Professor Took Care of an Unpromising Student40434446

Masumasa Imaizumi
Ms. Toshimi Fujimori
Hitoshi Kume
Noriaki Kano

A Round-Table Talk “Memories of Prof. Ishikawa”
Attendee (Alphabetical Order): Yoji Akao / Tatsuo Ikezawa / Masumasa Imaizumi /Koichi Ohba / Tatsuo Sugimoto / Ms. Haruko Mitsuaki
Moderator: Hitoshi Kume

Chapter 44.1

†Prof. Kaoru Ishikawa’s Personality

Analyzing Professor Ishikawa by QC Methods: His Personality as Shown ina Questionnaire Survey

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“Kisama To Ore To Wa Doki No Sakura” first line of an Imperial Naval Academy song expressing
the devotion of classmates to each other and their willingness to die for their country. The pronoun“you” (in Japanese, kisama) is a formal expression used by officers of the Imperial Japanese Navyaddressing each other. Outside the Navy it was considered a very rough but friendly expression,
therefore seldom used. Prof. Ishikawa favored the use of this word among friends.

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A Man of High Caliber, Kind Minded yet Direct
A Generous and Warm-hearted Leader
Ability Warmly Embracing Everything
In the Palm of Prof. Ishikawa’s Hand
Sermon Demon with Respect to Humanity
Professor Ishikawa as My Teacher of Life
On The Buddha’s Palm
Plain-Speaking Leader, You Could Count on
Prof. Ishikawa and I
Memory of Professor Ishikawa
In the Lobby of Anchorage Airport
Prof. Ishikawa, Memories of a Godfather
Prof. Ishikawa for Me
Devoted to Educating Young Instructors
My Wife’s Driving License
Professor Who Gave Fair Consideration to Everybody
Thank You, Prof. Ishikawa
Receiving Advice for Publishing My Book“Ishikawajima-Harima: How Is Your TQC Going?”
The Teachings of Prof. Ishikawa“Seven QC Tools Can Solve 95% of All Problems”

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Masashi Asao

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Rokuro Hattori
Yukio Horie
Tadasu Fujita
Tatsuo Ikezawa
Kozo Koura

Ikuro Kusaba
Kamematsu Matsuda
Akira Iwata
Ryuichi Kobayashi
Shoichi Shimizu
Takanori Yoneyama
Akira Murakami
Kenji Kurogane
Hideo Yoshikawa
Ms. Keiko Hasegawa
Yoshinobu Nayatani
Katsuya Hosotani

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A Man of Action: A Bulldozer Equipped with a Computer
A Master of Hetero-catalysis
Sigeiti Moriguti
There Are Hardships Anywhere, Anytime
Teiji Yokobori
Remembering Prof. Ishikawa: Emphasis on Genjitsu and Genba

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Hajime Makabe

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A Scholar of Action Who Could Get down to Work on
Production Problems
Kenzo Sasaoka
A Postcard
Ms. Kaoru Shimoyamada

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Chapter 5
5.1

Shoji Shiba

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Hiroshi Odajima

Prof. Ishikawa, A Collage

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Golf
“Golf Is Intuition, Not QC”
Prof. Kaoru Ishikawa, A Great Leader

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Ryoichi KawaiMahito Uchiyama

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A Hole in One
Dr. Ishikawa’s Control Graph of Golf
5.2
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5.4

“Nomunication” and Its Origin“Mr. Ishikawa, It’s Five O’clock”
Heavy Smoker
Prof. Ishikawa’s Chuckle
Get Me Cigarettes, Please

Ms. Noriko Kusaba

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Takeo Yamaoka

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Yoshihisa Nagaoka

Heavy Bag
Prof. Ishikawa’s Bag

Chapter 6

6.3

Talking about Elder Brother Kaoru
Prof. Kaoru Ishikawa, My Elder Brother, and I
Memories of Brother Kaoru
Thinking of Brother Kaoru Ishikawa

Relatives Talk about Kaoru
Kaoru’s Kisama“All the Managers of Your Company Look Young”
Thinking of Father“Have Three Children and Send One Abroad”
I Wanted to Thank You More
Thank You, Father
Memories of Father
My DadFather’s Looks and Glances†Yoji Akao

Prof. Ishikawa through the Eyes of His Siblings,
Family, and Relatives

Memories of My Brother-in-Law
Thinking of My Big Brother-in-Law
About Prof. Kaoru, My Elder Brother
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Takenori Sumida105105†

Another Work While Chairing a Meeting
Hobbies

6.1

Tadakazu Okuno

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Akira Ishikawa

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Kiyoshi Ishikawa
Makoto Ishikawa
Rokuro Ishikawa
Mrs. Kiyoko IshikawaShinichiro Shimojo
Hachiro Ishikawa

Eiichi Ujiie
Tsuguo Nozaki

Tadashi Ishikawa
Mrs. Noriko Ishikawa
Yasushi Kurokawa
Mrs. Hiroko Kurokawa
Akira Ishikawa
Mrs. Kazuko Ishikawa

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“Nomunication” was Prof. Ishikawa’s favorite term. It means communication through drinking.
A compound word from Japanese “Nomu” (= drink) and communication.

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