HOME > About Shimadzu > Company Profile-History > History details About Shimadzu Company Profile Message from the President Corporate Philosophy, Action Policy History History details Second generation Genzo Shimazu Company Profile Base Business summary New business development Industry-academia-government collaboration Overseas business development Research and Development Koichi Tanaka Memorial Mass Spectrometry Laboratory Cultural facilities / schools Shimadzu Group Material procurement Get to know Shimadzu History details The first Genzo Shimadzu The first Genzo Shimadzu was born on May 15, 1839, as the second son of his father, Seibei, who was manufacturing Buddhist Mitsu-gusoku at Samegai Uotana (currently near Horikawa Rokujo). He completed his family business according to his father Seibei, and started manufacturing Buddhist Mitsu-gusoku at the age of 21 in the first year of Man'en (1860). At that time, in Nijo, Kiyamachi, where the first Genzo lived, a business center, a former site, etc. were opened, and it became a major base for the breeding industry in Kyoto. The first Genzo was frequented when the Secret Bureau was established, and the ideal that Japan should be a science-based country emerged, and the physics and chemistry instrument manufacturing business began in March 1875. It was the 31st. This is the beginning of today's Shimadzu Corporation. Create a light balloon and fly with a person (1877) It was in the early summer of 1877 that Mr. Chinosuke Harada, who was the chief of the academic affairs section of Kyoto Prefecture, brought in the story of flying a light balloon under the first Genzo Shimadzu. Chinosuke Harada was an enthusiastic promoter of science education and wanted to enlighten the scientific ideas of Kyoto citizens by showing some concrete examples. At that time, there was a great deal of interest in the sky in Europe and the United States, and research on light balloons was active. I came up with the idea that making a light balloon in Kyoto without the help of foreigners and flying it in the sky of Kyoto would be the most effective for enlightening scientific ideas, and recommended the plan to Governor Makimura at that time. .. Governor Makimura was also very supportive, and immediately decided to ask the first Genzo, who studied the production of light balloons at the secret bureau and started manufacturing physics and chemistry instruments, and decided that the day of flight was December 6 of the same year of the soul festival. It's gone. The first Genzo, who was brought in with the story, had no knowledge of light balloons and could only rely on a picture of a foreign magazine brought by Mr. Chinosuke Harada, and the production period was only a few months. I held my head in. I knew that hydrogen gas could be made by pouring sulfuric acid into iron scrap, but the problem was the material of the sphere that filled the hydrogen gas. Gas should not leak. It can't be too heavy or too weak. Oiling a cotton cloth, rubbing glue, repeating trial and error, and finally applying dammer (resin) rubber to the habutae with sesame oil is airtight and robust, and above all. Also turned out to be lightweight. Still, he had no levitation to lift a normal adult and had to be a petite person. The flight of light balloons was very popular before, and despite the fact that the admission fee was generally three sen and the students were one sen and five sen (at that time, one rice box was a little over five sen), 48,000. It is said that the admission tickets are sold out. Before 9 am on December 6th, in front of a large crowd of people who are now squinting at the first person in Japan to lift the light balloon that overflows the square of the Kyoto Sentō Imperial Palace, the light balloon reaches a height of 36 meters. I succeeded in frying. Early radiographs X-ray photography was successful in Shimadzu on October 10, 1896, 11 months after Dr. Roentgen discovered X-rays. When Dr. Roentgen reported that he had discovered X-rays in Japan, Professor Muraoka of Third Higher School conducted an experiment in Kyoto with Shimadzu as the experimental site. When I hung the vacuum tube from the ceiling, put the photographic plate in the frame, and rotated the electrostatic charge on the silver coin in the paulownia box, the X-ray image was slightly projected for several tens of minutes. This day was October 10, 1896 (Meiji 29). Second generation Genzo Shimazu After the first Genzo died on December 8, 1894, his eldest son, Umejiro, inherited the family reign and became the owner of the second Genzo. At that time, in the 28th year of the Meiji era, the head of the family was 26 years old. On February 11, 1930, His Majesty selected 10 people who completed the world-famous invention and invited them to the palace to hold a friendly luncheon, and President Genzo Shimadzu was one of them. It was chosen. Genzo Shimadzu has invented 178 inventions throughout his life. Second generation Genzo Shimazu "People who get in the way of business, people who destroy homes" Japan's first gas chromatograph 昭和28年（1953）ごろから、吸着ガスクロマトグラフ法および分配ガスクロマトグラフ法の研究が急速に進みました。 当社は、昭和31年2月に1台を製作しました。 これが国産第１号のガスクロマトグラフです。 さらに、昭和31年9月から本格的なガスクロマトグラフの開発研究に着手しました。 昭和32年4月には試作機を完成し、日本化学会に展示して好評を得ました。 これが国産第１号の汎用ガスクロマトグラフです。 新着情報 製品/イベント関連 プレスリリース 投資家向け情報 お知らせ 技術トピックス 分析計測機器 分野・データ 医用画像診断機器 航空・産業機器 光学デバイス/レーザ機器 真空機器/産業機械 油圧機器 航空宇宙機器 磁気探知器/磁力計 燃料電池酸素濃度可視化装置 エンジン燃焼発光モニタ 新卒採用 キャリア採用 島津グループ採用 会社案内 社長挨拶 企業理念、行動方針 沿革 会社概要 拠点 事業概要 新事業展開 産学官連携 海外事業展開 研究開発 田中耕一記念質量分析研究所 文化施設・学校 島津グループ 資材調達 島津製作所を知る 島津製作所の歴史(Visionary) 島津製作所 創業記念資料館 刊行物 島津科学技術振興財団 島津製作所テニスチーム 企業広告 IR資料 決算短信 英文アニュアルレポート／ファクトブック プレゼンテーションスライド 有価証券報告書／内部統制報告書 コーポレート・ガバナンス報告書 株主総会資料 事業のご報告 その他 電子公告 IRカレンダー 会社概要 お問い合わせ 注意事項 トップコミットメント 島津製作所の事業概要 特集 社会報告 環境報告 環境・社会報告書ダウンロード え～こクラブ 会員制情報サービス(Shim-Solutions Club) 製品別サポート／お問い合わせ 分析計測機器 分析計測機器サポートページ 医用画像診断機器 製品その他についてのお問い合わせ 製品カタログ・文献・MEDICAL NOW別刷など、資料のご請求 MEDICAL NOW本誌　定期送付についてのお申し込み 販売・サービスネットワーク 医院開業ガイド Service after product introduction and sales network for clinics Aviation / industrial equipment About optical devices and laser equipment About vacuum equipment / industrial machinery About hydraulic equipment About aviation equipment About magnetic detector / magnetometer About fuel cell oxygen concentration visualization device About engine combustion light emission monitor Other products Customer Service Office privacy policy Precautions for use site map