Shibusawa Shashi Database

Shibusawa Shashi Database

https://shashi.shibusawa.or.jp/

https://shashi.shibusawa.or.jp/

About the Shibusawa Shashi Database
What Are Shashi ?

Where to Find Shashi
The following are links to selected university libraries with shashi
holdings. Please contact each library for information on speciﬁc
holdings and how to access collections.
Detailed holdings information is available through WorldCat andholdings information for Japanese libraries, including prefecturaland university libraries, is available through the National Diet
Libraryʼ s search system.

UK・Japanese Company Histories (Shashi) Wiki Main Page: A general
catalog of collections of shashi in North America
・Japanese Company Histories (Shashi) Wiki Shashi Collections byUniversities in North America: Links to holdings information foreach university

Related Reading

Koide, Izumi. “An Introduction to the Shibusawa Shashi Database(SSD),” in Shashi: The Journal of Japanese Business andCompany History. Vol. 3, no. 1, (2014).

・University of Oxford Bodleian Japanese Library: About 250
shashi, collections of local histories and university/school
histories, searchable via CiNii Books

http://shashi.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/shashi/article/view/26

North America

・Ohio State University Libraries: Shashi Wiki ‒ Category: OSU
・University of California Berkeley Library
・University of Kansas Libraries: Shashi Wiki ‒ Category: Kansas
・University of Chicago Library・University of Hawaii at Manoa
Library: Company Histories (Shashi)
・University of Pittsburgh Libraries: Shashi Wiki ‒ Category: PittInformation Resources Center
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Shashi ( 社 史 ) translates directly as“company history” and refers to not only
the history of a company but also
publications describing that history. It is
customary for Japanese companies topublish shashi to mark commemorative
years such as the 30th, 50th, or 100th
anniversaries of the companyʼ s founding.
Along with the companyʼ s history, ashashi will often outline the companyʼ sfounding and management philosophies.
Manufacturing companies may include
ingredients and product manufacturing
processes, while companies involved incommerce may include international aswell as domestic trading histories. Some
shashi look beyond the company inquestion to provide background on thegeneral history of the industry or that of
the local area dating back as far asprehistoric times.
Despite being a treasure trove of
information on economic development
and wisdom, shashi often have only
limited distribution, being given to people
related to the company instead of being
sold publically. In addition, because manylack indexes, they can be diﬃcult to use
eﬀ ect i v el y. T he Sh i busa w a S ha shi
Database (SSD) aims to solve these andothers issues by facilitating access to thecontents of shashi.

Shashi Includedin the SSD

Of the some 15,000 shashi that have been
published in Japan since the Meiji period,
the SSD comprises about 1,500 shashi,
primarily of companies related toShibusawa Eiichi. For detailed informationon companies related to Shibusawa Eiichi,
please refer to the “Name Change Chartsof Companies and Organizations Related
to Shibusawa Eiichi”( 渋沢栄一関連会社名・団体名変遷図 .)https://www.shibusawa.or.jp/eiichi/companyname/Data Set
For each shashi in the database, data has
been collected from the table of contents,index, chronology, and appendix. If eachof the above is considered to be a single
piece of data, the total data count is about
2,420,000. While the full text of shashi
have not been included and thus volumes
cannot be read online, links are provided
to WorldCat, NDL-OPAC, CiNii Books,
and other sites that give holdings
information to assist users in tracking
down copies in collections around theworld.

How to use the Shibusawa Shashi Database
Shashi SearchHome Page

The Shashi Search covers the entire database and allows for searches of the basic
information (such as bibliographies), tables of contents, indexes, chronologies, andappendices.

There are three search functions on the SSD homepage: 1 Shashi Search, 2 Chronology Search,and 3 Index Search. With these multiple search functions users can access the information
contained in shashi in various ways. This section provides information on search methods,search tips, and how to interpret the search results pages.

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https://shashi.shibusawa.or.jp/

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Chronology Search

Shashi often include a chronology that describes events related to the company andits history. By searching across all the shashi in the database, users can create uniquethematic chronologies based on keyword searches. Chronology searches can be
narrowed down by speciﬁc year, month, or day.

Shashi Search Area on the Homepage

Top Page Chronology Search

Keyword Search

Search the entire database by free keyword.

Keyword Search

Users can conduct keyword searches across the chronologies of all of the shashi in the database.

Shashi List

A list of all the shashi contained in the SSD with links to further information on each volume and its contents.

Date Search

Users can conduct searches using a speciﬁc year, month, or day.
This feature can also be used to narrow down keyword searches (A) by date.

Shashi List by Industry

A list of shashi by industry. The pie chart on the top page shows the number of shashi in thedatabase by industry.

High Volume Years

A graph with the top 10 years based on number of listings in the chronologies. Clicking on a year
on the graph links to a chronology for that year.

Company Name Search

Search the database by company name.

Personal Name List

A list of personal names that have been automatically extracted from the index data contained inthe database.

Shashi Search Results

Search Results Page for
Chronology Searches

1Chronology Search Results Graph

Search results for a chronology keyword search are divided
into three sections by a tab menu. The tabs are: “Number ofItems by Year,” “Number of Items by Industry,” and“Relative Rates of Diﬀerent Industries.”

Menu

Keyword search results are displayed under the following
tabs: Basic Information ( 基本情報 ), Tables of Contents ( 目次 ), Indexes ( 索引 ), Chronologies ( 年表 ), and Appendices( 資料編 ).

Industry Ratio Pie Chart

A pie chart showing the percentages of results by industry
is displayed at the top of the search results for each tab.
and Appendix columns of the table.

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Shashi List

The titles of individual shashi on the Shashi List orShashi List by Industry pages include a link to the Basic
Information for that volume. There are also links in theicons that appear in the Table of Contents, Index,
Chronology, and Appendix columns of the table.

Index Search

Although many shashi do not include an index, the indexes of those that do have2

been included in the database. Keyword searches can be conducted across all of theindexes in the database to provide an overview of the contents of the shashi withindexes.

Clicking on a title on the search results page will jump to a partial index that only
includes items in the chosen shashi applicable to the search conducted. The drop

down menu on the left side of the screen allows users to jump between this partial

Shashi Details PageMenu

The Shashi Details page for each volume is divided into
the following tabs: Basic Information, Table of Contents,Index, Chronology, and Appendix.

Basic Information

Provides a brief introductory description of the shashi including bibliographicinformation and holdings information via WorldCat, NDL-OPAC, and otherresources.When available, links are also provided to corresponding pages inresources created by the Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, such as theName Change Charts of Companies and Organizations Related to Shibusawa
Eiichi ( 渋沢栄一関連会社名・団体名変遷図 ).

index and a full version. Clicking on an index term in the partial index links to a3

partial table of contents for the relevant index term, giving an idea of the context inwhich the term is used. Furthermore, clicking on the page number on the right side ofthe table brings up a list of all index terms that appear on that page, providing further
clues for context.

Date : August 2, 2017