Ako Shōkai
Ako Shōkai is a Japanese company that sold a 4.5×6 folder in 1941–2 under the names Semi Ace, Semi Ako and Semi Metax. In the advertisements[1], Ako Shōkai is written AKO商會 in old writing, with uppercase letters. Its address at the time was Tōkyō, Kanda, Iwamoto-chō 18 (東京・神田・岩本町十八).
4.5×6 folders
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement for the Semi Ako, published in the Dec 1941 issue of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 3. — Advertisement for the Semi Metax and Semi Ace, published in the Mar 1942 issue of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 28 and item 284.
Printed 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. Items 3, 28 and 284.