Oriental
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Oriental Shashin Kōgyō K.K. (オリエンタル写真工業株式会社, meaning Oriental Photo Industries Co., Ltd.) was a Japanese film maker founded in 1919. It used the Orient, Peacock and OK trademarks.[1] It is said that it was related with the company Tōyō Kōki that made the Peacock cameras in 1939–40.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Lewis, p. 30.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339.
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.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P. 30.
