Hakkōdō
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Hakkōdō (白光堂) or Hakkōdō Shashinki-ten (白光堂写真機店) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo. It advertised the Rollekonter 6×6 TLR from 1941 to 1944. Its address at the time was Kōjimachi Iidamachi (麹町飯田町) 2–2.[1] It advertised the Minoriflex TLR in 1951.[2]
A company called the same still exists today (2007), its address is Chiyoda-ku Iidabashi (千代田区飯田橋) 3–1–3.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Advertisements dated 1941 to 1944 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 106, here at Nostalgic Camera, here at Xylocopal's photolog and here at Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 368 (item 915).
- ↑ See this directory of photographic shops and other Japanese phonebooks.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7.
Links
- Advertisement for the Rollekonter dated 1941, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page of old Japanese advertisements by Toshio Inamura
- Advertisement for the Rollekonter published in Asahi Camera February 1942, visible in this page about old camera magazines of Xylocopal's photolog
- Advertisement for the Rollekonter published in the September 1944 issue of Shashin Kagaku, reproduced in the Japanese camera page of the Gochamaze website
