ISEHAN Co., Ltd. | |
Native Name: | 株式会社伊勢半 |
Founded: | 1825 |
Location Country: | Japan |
Industry: | Cosmetics |
Homepage: | http://www.isehan.co.jp |
Type: | Public (K.K) |
Num Employees: | 290 |
Location City: | Chiyoda, Tokyo |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Isehan Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 伊勢半) is a Japanese cosmetics manufacturer founded as a family shop in 1825. The company was one of the first to market a branded cosmetics product in 1935 with a saffron-based beni lip-gloss sold in china pots as "Kiss Me" (Japanese キス・ミー). The brand developed to include western style lipsticks, and a larger cosmetics range still marketed today but with English lettering as Kiss Me. The Minato-ku, Tokyo, main branch of Isehan has a small museum on the company's history.[1]