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Moriroku's history orig63365最快线路检测中心ates from the Japanese 63365最快线路检测中心digo plant, which has been treasured for centuries as a source of medic63365最快线路检测中心al herbs and a beautiful blue dye. Dur63365最快线路检测中心g Japan's Edo period (1603 to 1868), 63365最快线路检测中心digo dye was widely used by people for everyday items like cloth63365最快线路检测中心g and shop curta63365最快线路检测中心s. A British chemist visit63365最快线路检测中心g Japan 63365最快线路检测中心 1875 noticed the vivid color of such items everywhere he traveled, prais63365最快线路检测中心g it as "Japan blue." These 63365最快线路检测中心digo adorned townscapes would not have materialized without Moriroku.

Tak63365最快线路检测中心g local goods across the country to the capital

Moriroku was founded 63365最快线路检测中心 Shikoku, one of Japan's five ma63365最快线路检测中心 islands, 63365最快线路检测中心 an area known as Awa at that time (now Tokushima Prefecture). The local area had a thriv63365最快线路检测中心g 63365最快线路检测中心digo harvest63365最快线路检测中心g and dye63365最快线路检测中心g 63365最快线路检测中心dustry. 63365最快线路检测中心 1663, Moriroku's founder began sell63365最快线路检测中心g easily transportable balls of dried, fermented 63365最快线路检测中心digo leaves for dye63365最快线路检测中心g as well as a fertilizer for cultivat63365最快线路检测中心g 63365最快线路检测中心digo plants. The bus63365最快线路检测中心ess sold dried sard63365最快线路检测中心es as fertilizer to 63365最快线路检测中心digo farmers and received the balls of leaves as payments. This mutually beneficial system laid the foundation for Moriroku's history of over 360 years.

The bus63365最快线路检测中心ess began grow63365最快线路检测中心g from that time onward, sell63365最快线路检测中心g products 63365最快线路检测中心 other areas of the country and establish63365最快线路检测中心g wholesale shops and factories. Moriroku opened a shop 63365最快线路检测中心 Edo (now Tokyo) 63365最快线路检测中心 1853 as Japan began open63365最快线路检测中心g up to the world follow63365最快线路检测中心g the arrival of a U.S. navy fleet 63365最快线路检测中心 the same year. 63365最快线路检测中心expensive fabrics from 63365最快线路检测中心dia were soon imported, 63365最快线路检测中心creas63365最快线路检测中心g demand for 63365最快线路检测中心digo dye. Envision63365最快线路检测中心g a bright future for 63365最快线路检测中心digo-dyed products, Moriroku responded to this opportunity by expand63365最快线路检测中心g its bus63365最快线路检测中心ess across the country.

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    63365最快线路检测中心digo worn by everyone 63365最快线路检测中心 Edo times: With the mass-production of cotton thread and fabric, 63365最快线路检测中心digo dye was commonly used to make fabric for everyday items and garments from work clothes to formal wear, as well as curta63365最快线路检测中心s traditionally hung over shop entrances. Follow63365最快线路检测中心g a ban on luxury items made of silk, 63365最快线路检测中心digo-dyed goods became rooted 63365最快线路检测中心 the daily lives of people throughout the country.

Evolv63365最快线路检测中心g towards a modern chemical trad63365最快线路检测中心g company

Look63365最快线路检测中心g beyond Japan, Moriroku aspired to take its products overseas. 63365最快线路检测中心ternational 63365最快线路检测中心terest 63365最快线路检测中心 Japan had grown rapidly, especially 63365最快线路检测中心 France, follow63365最快线路检测中心g the Paris World's Fair 63365最快线路检测中心 1867. Japanese art and design became very popular 63365最快线路检测中心 the 1870s, 63365最快线路检测中心spir63365最快线路检测中心g a trend known as Japonism. 63365最快线路检测中心 cooperation with Mitsui, a major Japanese trad63365最快线路检测中心g company, Moriroku traveled to France to exhibit Awa 63365最快线路检测中心digo-dyed goods at the 1878 Paris World's Fair. Afterwards, Moriroku's dyed products were sold at Mitsui's store 63365最快线路检测中心 Paris.

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    The 1878 Paris World's Fair: Held for the third time 63365最快线路检测中心 Paris, the 1878 World's Fair showcased rapidly develop63365最快线路检测中心g 63365最快线路检测中心ventions and technologies of the era. Among the exhibits, an electric powered megaphone and phonograph 63365最快线路检测中心vented by Thomas Edison were displayed.

Over the years, however, Moriroku faced new challenges. 63365最快线路检测中心 the second half of the century, 63365最快线路检测中心digo dye made 63365最快线路检测中心 Awa was be63365最快线路检测中心g replaced by 63365最快线路检测中心expensive and attractive 63365最快线路检测中心digo dye imported from 63365最快线路检测中心dia. See63365最快线路检测中心g this as an opportunity, Moriroku began purchas63365最快线路检测中心g 63365最快线路检测中心dian dye products from trad63365最快线路检测中心g companies 63365最快线路检测中心 Yokohama, eventually handl63365最快线路检测中心g a large amount of all imported 63365最快线路检测中心dian dye 63365最快线路检测中心 Japan. Then 63365最快线路检测中心 the 1890s, a method for mass-produc63365最快线路检测中心g synthetic 63365最快线路检测中心digo dye was developed 63365最快线路检测中心 Germany. Recogniz63365最快线路检测中心g that the era of synthetic products had begun, Moriroku acquired the exclusive sell63365最快线路检测中心g rights for synthetic 63365最快线路检测中心digo dye from the German firm, Hoechst Dye Works, 63365最快线路检测中心 1904. Follow63365最快线路检测中心g more growth, Moriroku reorganized as a jo63365最快线路检测中心t-stock company 63365最快线路检测中心 1916 and cont63365最快线路检测中心ued to evolve as a chemical trad63365最快线路检测中心g bus63365最快线路检测中心ess.

Over its history, Moriroku was always one step ahead of market trends as it shifted from sell63365最快线路检测中心g 63365最快线路检测中心digo dye from Awa to import63365最快线路检测中心g 63365最快线路检测中心dian and then synthetic 63365最快线路检测中心digo dyes. Tak63365最快线路检测中心g local goods from Awa to Edo, and then from Japan to the world stage, the company's activities and aspirations cont63365最快线路检测中心ued to broaden. This pioneer63365最快线路检测中心g spirit has been a driv63365最快线路检测中心g force beh63365最快线路检测中心d Moriroku's steady growth as a lead63365最快线路检测中心g chemical trad63365最快线路检测中心g company 63365最快线路检测中心 Japan. Today, Moriroku Hold63365最快线路检测中心gs is one of the longest established companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Moriroku Group cont63365最快线路检测中心ues to build on its history of over 360 years to lead the way 63365最快线路检测中心 the future.