History:1868 - 1942
Age of the Ishida Kyokuzan Printing Works
| 1868 |  The Ishida Kyokuzan Printing Works opens in Kyoto. | 
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| 1918 | Ishida Kyokuzan Printing Works obtains a patent for "Transparent Film Letterpress for Lithographic Transfer", known as Ishida Films. | 
| 1934 |  Glass screens for photographic reproduction of halftone plates produced commercially for the first time in Japan. |