Do not extend the author's description of major producers into a timeless prohibition on all Japanese stock exchange. Two, three and four columns are the configurations described here, not a universal rule that column count alone determines spirit weight. Academy use: compare internally produced component diversity with purchased blending stock, preserving scale and inventory constraints.
Chita, preserved Notion sheets 188–191, displayed pp. 117–118. Sheet 188 gives the stock-exchange comparison; sheet 191 supplies Maemura's explanation and column routing. Intervening plant photographs inspected.
Broom links the major Japanese producers' lack of stock exchange in his account to Chita's creation of clean, medium and heavy grain styles. Maemura describes developing different grain types for Suntory blends; Broom explains different column combinations.
p. 118; preserved Notion PDF sheet 191
p. 117; PDF sheet 188
Chita
Fresh text and rendered-page audit of preserved 420-sheet copy, sheets 188–191. Expanded locator to include the supporting producer account and routing explanation; source fidelity verified, industry-wide current practice not established.
Evidence
Broom links the major Japanese producers' lack of stock exchange in his account to Chita's creation of clean, medium and heavy grain styles. Maemura describes developing different grain types for Suntory blends; Broom explains different column combinations.
Location and context
p. 117; PDF sheet 188 through p. 118; preserved Notion PDF sheet 191. Screen locators refer to the preserved 420-sheet Notion attachment, not the 383-sheet Movies capture.
Chita, preserved Notion sheets 188–191, displayed pp. 117–118. Sheet 188 gives the stock-exchange comparison; sheet 191 supplies Maemura's explanation and column routing. Intervening plant photographs inspected.
Critical assessment and Academy use
Do not extend the author's description of major producers into a timeless prohibition on all Japanese stock exchange. Two, three and four columns are the configurations described here, not a universal rule that column count alone determines spirit weight. Academy use: compare internally produced component diversity with purchased blending stock, preserving scale and inventory constraints.
Verification
Fresh text and rendered-page audit of preserved 420-sheet copy, sheets 188–191. Expanded locator to include the supporting producer account and routing explanation; source fidelity verified, industry-wide current practice not established.
Source, citation, Literature Note and tag relations retained. Book-level copy collation and remaining linked-record audits remain open.