Age
1870 | 1 | Teiichiro is born in Yokohama on February 28 to Sakujiro (father) and Kou (mother) Shoda. |
1875 | 6 | Enters the Tatebayashi Nishi-Jinjo Elementary School. |
1879 | 10 | Graduates from Tatebayashi Nishi-Jinjo Elementary School. |
1884 | 15 | Comes to Tokyo in preparation for entering Tokyo Higher Commercial School (now Hitotsubashi University). |
1887 | 18 | Enrolls in the Tokyo Higher Commercial School Preparatory Course in July. |
1891 | 22 | Graduates from the Tokyo Higher Commercial School Regular Course in July. |
1897 | 28 | Establishes the Tatebayashi Jitsugyodanwakai (Society of Tatebayashi Businesspeople). |
Marries Kinu Shoda on December 8. | ||
1900 | 31 | Establishes Tatebayashi Flour Milling Co., Ltd. (Tatebayashi Seifun) in October and is appointed executive director. |
1901 | 32 | A test run of the plant is conducted on May 3; this date is established as the anniversary of the company's founding. |
1907 | 38 | Tatebayashi Seifun merges with Nisshin Flour Milling Co., Ltd. (Nisshin Seifun) in November. |
1908 | 39 | In February, Nisshin Seifun Head Office is transferred from Tatebayashi to 2-11 Koami-cho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo. |
1912 | 43 | In August, Nisshin Seifun Head Office is transferred to 1-2-4 Koami-cho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, which Nisshin still owns today. |
1913 | 44 | Embarks on his first overseas trip (an inspection tour of flour milling businesses in the United States and Europe) on January 28. |
1924 | 55 | Appointed the president of Nisshin Seifun in June. |
1926 | 57 | The Tsurumi Plant (known worldwide as an exemplary waterfront plant) is constructed. |
1929 | 60 | Embarks on an inspection tour of flour milling businesses in the United States and Canada in June. |
Establishes Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd. in June. | ||
1931 | 62 | Establishes Nippon Eiyo Shokuryo Co., Ltd. (now Nosan Corporation) in August. |
1934 | 65 | Establishes Nippon Bolting Cloth, Co., Ltd. (now NBC Meshtec Inc.) in November. |
1936 | 67 | Establishes Nisshin Seishi Co., Ltd. in February. |
Establishes Chosen Seifun Co., Ltd. in August. | ||
Subsequently establishes Kohtoku Seifun Co., Ltd. in Manchuria and operates flour milling plants in northern China. | ||
Appointed the chairman of Nisshin Seifun in December. | ||
1937 | 68 | Embarks on an inspection tour of Korea and Manchuria in May. |
1940 | 71 | Establishes Chugai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (later Nisshin Feed Co., Ltd.) in April. |
1941 | 72 | Establishes Nosan Kagaku Kenkyukai (now the Foundation for Dietary Scientific Research) in July. |
1942 | 73 | Appointed the chairman of Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. in November (served November 1942-May 1949) |
1943 | 74 | Appointed the eighth president of the Josuikai Alumni Association of Hitotsubashi University in May. |
1946 | 77 | Called to serve as a member of the House of Peers in July. |
1947 | 78 | Resigns as chairman of Nisshin Seifun in June. |
1949 | 80 | Appointed as advisor to Nisshin Seifun on June 30. |
1955 | 86 | Baptized on December 10. |
1957 | 88 | Commemorates the milestone Beiju (88th birthday) celebration. A commemorative statue of Teiichiro was erected on the grounds of the Tsurumi Plant. |
1961 | 92 | Passes away on November 9. |