Ōsawa
K.K. Ōsawa Shōkai (株式会社大沢商会 or 株式會社大澤商會 in old writing) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo.
In the 1930s, 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.
During the war, it distributed the Primo folders by Daiichi Kikō; its address at the time was Tōkyō, Ginza, 42, 5 (東京・銀座・四二ノ五).[1]
After the war, it also distributed the Primoflex and Primo Junior TLR cameras by Tōkyō Kōgaku.[2] It was probably the owner of the "Primo" trademark. The company was still active in 1960, as an authorized dealer of the Kinotar and Kinotel cine lenses; its address at the time was Chūō-ku Ginza Nishi 3–1 Namiki Building (中央区銀座西3–1並木ビル).[3]
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 for the Primo reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.90 and in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ McKeown, p. 924.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Asahi Camera Annual '60.
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.
