Photograph of the Isehan-honten shop (1931)

The Isehan-honten shop established at Kobuna-cho, Nihombashi-ku, later moved several times, to Hakozaki-cho, Nihombashi-ku (the present Hakozaki-cho), Kuremasa-cho, Nihombashi-ku (the present 3-chome Nihombashi), Wakamiya-cho, Honjo-ku (the present Ishiwara), and Fujimi-cho, Chiyoda-ku. Since 1950, the head office has been located at Yonban-cho, Chiyoda-ku.
This photograph shows the shop in Wakamiya-cho, Honjo-ku. Kamenosuke Sawada, who was the fourth proprietor of Isehan-honten, and his wife Naka are in the center, along with a head clerk and workers. The photograph was taken in memory of setting up the large signboard made from a single plank of a zelkova tree with the words “Honbeni Seizo Donya Isehan-honten” written in gold lettering that was copied from a signboard set up at the first shop in Kobuna-cho, Nihombashi-ku.