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1957: Suminoe's Tufton brings carpet to the Japanese mass market

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Date: 1957
Collection: Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
Publisher: Japanese Wikipedia 'SUMINOE' article (the verbatim wording); the facts are also on suminoe.co.jp/company/history/
Themes: Global diffusion of tufting

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“1957: Suminoe’s Tufton brings carpet to the Japanese mass market.” Research note, Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record. ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUMINOE.

Research notes

~¥9,900 per 4.5-mat unit. Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): confirmed in a different source. The verbatim phrase 'オーダーメイド生産からレディメイド生産に変わる転機となり、カーペットの大衆化をもたらす' is on the Japanese Wikipedia / EverybodyWiki Suminoe article. Suminoe's official history paraphrases it ('turning point from order-made to ready-made… spread rapidly to ordinary homes'). Official history also confirms ¥9,900 per 4.5-mat unit and the concept 'a carpet an average section-chief salaryman can buy with his bonus'. Source: SUMINOE – ウィキペディア (Japanese Wikipedia) / 住江織物 (EverybodyWiki). Found at: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUMINOE Also: https://suminoe.co.jp/company/history/ · https://ja.everybodywiki.com/%E4%BD%8F%E6%B1%9F%E7%B9%94%E7%89%A9 · https://online.ibnewsnet.com/sp/hn250526-05.html