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* [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki24.jpg Advertisement by Ōsawa Shōkai for the Primo], published in the 23 December 1942 issue of ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm Japanese camera page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website] | * [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki24.jpg Advertisement by Ōsawa Shōkai for the Primo], published in the 23 December 1942 issue of ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm Japanese camera page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website] | ||
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K.K. Ōsawa Shōkai (㈱大沢商会) was a Japanese distributor from the 1930s to the 1960s.
The company was already active in 1937, with an address in Kyoto.[1] It was the distributor of the Rosen Four and Semi Rosen. It perhaps owned the "Rosen" trademark, and it is likely that it was also the distributor of the Baby Rosen and Rosen Hand.
In the early 1940s, the company distributed the Primo folders made by Daiichi Kikō. By 1942 it had opened a branch in Tokyo, at Ginza 42–5.[2] By the end of the year this became the main address of the company, which also had branches in Nagoya, Ogura and Seoul, in addition to the original shop in Kyoto.[3] The company survived the war; in 1948 the only remaining address was that in Ginza.[4]
In the 1950s, the company reused the "Primo" trademark (which it probably owned) for the Primoflex and Primo Jr TLR cameras made by Tōkyō Kōgaku.[5] The company was still active in 1960, as an authorized dealer of the Kinotar and Kinotel cine lenses; it was still in Ginza but the address was slightly changed.[6]
Distributed cameras
- Semi Rosen
- Rosen Four by Proud
- Primo by Daiichi Kikō (1941–4)
- Primoflex by Tōkyō Kōgaku
- Topcon 35 by Tōkyō Kōgaku (1953–4)
- Semi Oscon by Yamagata Kikai (1953–4)
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement dated April 1937 for the Semi Rosen reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.104. The exact address was Kyōto-shi Sanjō Obashi Nishiiri (京都市三条小橋西入).
- ↑ Advertisement dated January 1942 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.105, mentioning various branches in addition to the Kyoto main shop, including one in Kyōbashi-ku Ginza 42 (京橋区銀座四二丁目).
- ↑ The address is given as Tōkyō Ginza 42–5 (東京・銀座・四二ノ五), with mention of Kyōto (京都), Nagoya (名古屋), Ogura (小倉) and Seoul (京城), in an advertisement dated December 1942 reproduced at Gochamaze, and in an advertisement dated May 1943 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.90.
- ↑ The address is Tōkyō-to Ginza-ku Nishi 42–5 (東京都中央区銀座西四二ノ五) in the advertisement on p.2 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, April 20, 1948, reproduced on p.80 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
- ↑ McKeown, p.924.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Asahi Camera Annual '60. The exact address was Chūō-ku Ginza Nishi 3–1 Namiki Building (中央区銀座西3–1並木ビル).
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.
- Asahi Camera Annual '60 (アサヒカメラ年鑑'60). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbun-sha. No ISBN number.
- Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin (日本写真興業通信). Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku (百号ごと十回の記録, Ten records, every hundred issues). Tokyo: Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin Sha (日本写真興業通信社), 1967. No ISBN number. Advertisement on p.80, corresponding to p.2 of the April 20, 1948 issue.
Links
In Japanese:
- Advertisement by Ōsawa Shōkai for the Primo, published in the 23 December 1942 issue of Asahi Graph, reproduced in the Japanese camera page of the Gochamaze website
