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資生堂 (shiseidou) Japanese meaning: Shiseido | Kotomora

資し生せい堂どう

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Meanings

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Shiseido

company name

Japanese cosmetics company; used as a proper noun.

資し生せい堂どうは1872年ねんに創そう業ぎょうされた。
Shiseido was founded in 1872.

Kanji

資assets, resources, capital
生life, genuine, birth
堂public chamber, hall

Etymology

The name is derived from a passage in the I Ching (易経): 「至哉坤元、万物資生」, meaning 'praise the great virtue of the earth, which brings forth all life.'