Daizo Sumida (住田 代蔵, August 7, 1887 – December 30, 1961) was a Japanese American businessman.
Early life edit
Daizo Sumida was born on August 7, 1887, to a farming family in what is now Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan.[1][2] Sumida moved to Hawaiʻi in 1904,[2] after his brother Tajiro started a company there.[3]
Career edit
Sumida was co-owner of Marumasa Soy Sauce, along with his brother Tajiro and nephew Shinzaburo Sumida;[4] Marumasa Soy Sauce later became known as Diamond Shoyu.[5] However, they were most notable for founding the Honolulu Sake Brewing Company. It was the first sake brewing company founded outside Japan. During prohibition the company sold ice. After prohibition ended, in the early 1930s, Honolulu Ice Co. Ltd. changed its name back to Honolulu Sake Brewery & Ice Co. Ltd. Daizo Sumida was the president at the time.[5] This period of production was called their "golden age".[3]
After the attack on Pearl Harbor both Daizo and Shinzaburo were incarcerated in several internment camps on the U.S. continent.[4] After they were released, they restarted sake production.[3]
In 1947, Daizo Sumida became the first president of the Honolulu Businessman's Association, previously known as the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.[6] Sumida died on December 30, 1961, after having a stroke the previous summer. Sumida posthumously received the Order of the Sacred Treasure, fifth class in 1962.[7] The medal was presented to his wife, Fusao Sumida.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Daizo Sumida (1887-1961) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ a b 坂本, 登美男 (1957). ハワイ人物新地圖. Honolulu.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c 二瓶, 孝夫 (1985). "続・ハワイにおける日本酒の歴史". 日本釀造協會雜誌. 80 (11): 786–789. doi:10.6013/jbrewsocjapan1915.80.786.
- ^ a b "Sumida, Daizo | Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii". interneedirectory.jcch.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ a b Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko (2021). History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in the Hawaiian Islands (1847-2021): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook (PDF). Lafayette, CA: Soyinfo Center. ISBN 9781948436380.
- ^ Kimura, Yukiko (1992). Issei : Japanese immigrants in Hawaii (Pbk. ed.). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 252. ISBN 0-8248-1481-9. OCLC 37566798.
- ^ "Daizo Sumida | Densho Encyclopedia". encyclopedia.densho.org. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ "Japan honors Daizo Sumida". The Honolulu Advertiser. 1962-01-11. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-11-16.