For Japan, the Meiji Period was the age of the machine.
The video shows a doll at a festival. Its ability to move is thanks to the intricate mechanics of the doll.
Then, we are introduced to Shobe-san, who has been producing dolls and restoring dolls from the Edo period. One doll that we are shown shoots arrows and hits the bull's-eye every time. This is one of Tanaka Hisashige's, who is the founder of Toshiba. He was known as Karakuri Giemon.
Another of his dolls paints four different kanji symbols. The dolls are made in the image of people, the video says.
At the age of 14, Hisashige was already inventing things. We are shown a candlestick that folds up to carry in your pocket. He invented the first steam engine in Japan.
In 1875, Hisashige moved to a new factory in Ginza, which became his first company.
We're shown a few household items of the 1930s from Toshiba: a vaccuum, a refrigerator, a lamp. And then we're shown a machine in a factory that doesn't rely on oil or energy--the 'Dream Carry.'
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