Tōyō Kōki Seizō
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It is said that Tōyō Kōki K.K. (東洋光機㈱) was the maker of the Peacock 3×4cm cameras.[1]
It seems that it is the same company that is called Tōyō Kōki Seizō K.K. (東洋光機製造㈱) in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"). It was based in Tokyo, Yodobashi.[2]
It seems that Tōyō Kōki was merged into Oriental Shashin Kōgyō (a Japanese film maker) in 1944, becoming its optical instruments branch (光機部門), that was dissolved in 1945.[3] The two companies were perhaps already related at an earlier date, as indicated by the common use of the Peacock trademark.
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339. Sugiyama, items 3044 and 4060, calls the company "Toyo Optical Works", a translation attempt. McKeown says that the maker was "Toyo Kogaku", probably mistakenly translating back the name given in Sugiyama.
- ↑ Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Yodobashi-ku Nishi-Ochiai 2–531 (東京都淀橋区西落合2–531). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.
- ↑ See this page at Kan's Room. Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339, also says that the two companies are related.
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.
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
Links
- Oriental large format camera at Kan's Room, reproducing an e-mail sent from an employee of Cyber Graphics (new name of Oriental) about the history of the Oriental company
