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| − | * | + | * {{AR}}. Advertisement by Asanuma Shōkai in April 1922. No page number. |
| − | * | + | * {{ACA}}. Advertisements by Asanuma Shōkai in February 1930 (pp.A3 and A15) and June 1932 (pp.A18 and A19). |
* ''[[Asahi Camera]] Annual '60'' (アサヒカメラ年鑑'60). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbun-sha. No ISBN number. | * ''[[Asahi Camera]] Annual '60'' (アサヒカメラ年鑑'60). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbun-sha. No ISBN number. | ||
* Asanuma Shōkai. ''Shashinki to zairyō'' (Cameras and supplies). Catalogue dated October 1941. P.16. Document partly reproduced in [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/sets/72157602475194663/ this Flickr album] by Rebollo_fr. | * Asanuma Shōkai. ''Shashinki to zairyō'' (Cameras and supplies). Catalogue dated October 1941. P.16. Document partly reproduced in [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/sets/72157602475194663/ this Flickr album] by Rebollo_fr. | ||
* Asanuma Tōkichi (浅沼藤吉). ''Shashin kikai oyobi yakuhin shashinban oyobi sekiban kigu zukai mokuroku'' (写真機械及薬品写真版及石版器具図解目録, Illustrated catalogue of photographic materials, chemicals and lithography tools). Tōkyō: Asanuma Shōten (浅沼商店), June 1901. [http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/BIImgFrame.php?JP_NUM=40072393&VOL_NUM=00000&KOMA=1&ITYPE=0 Available in electronic form] at the [http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/ National Diet Library]. | * Asanuma Tōkichi (浅沼藤吉). ''Shashin kikai oyobi yakuhin shashinban oyobi sekiban kigu zukai mokuroku'' (写真機械及薬品写真版及石版器具図解目録, Illustrated catalogue of photographic materials, chemicals and lithography tools). Tōkyō: Asanuma Shōten (浅沼商店), June 1901. [http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/BIImgFrame.php?JP_NUM=40072393&VOL_NUM=00000&KOMA=1&ITYPE=0 Available in electronic form] at the [http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/ National Diet Library]. | ||
| − | * | + | * {{NSKT1000}} Advertisement on p.42, corresponding to p.8 of the December 15, 1939 issue. |
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| Addresses of Asanuma Shōkai, in a catalogue dated October 1941. (Image rights) |
Asanuma was a Japanese distributor of photographic supplies from the late 1860s to the 1960s and perhaps later. It manufactured its own large-format studio or field cameras, and also some amateur cameras in the 1910s and 1920s.
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History
The shop was founded in 1867 by Asanuma Tōkichi (浅沼藤吉).[1] By 1901, the company was called Asanuma Shōten (浅沼商店),[2] and the address was Nihonbashi-ku Honchō 2-chōme in Tokyo (東京日本橋区本町二丁目). [3] Some years later, its name was changed to Asanuma Shōkai (浅沼商会,[4] i.e. Asanuma trading company). It sold the Eagle plate folders around 1915[5] and the Focal Happy at some later date. It was certainly the owner of the Happy brand, later used on the Happy plate folder made by Molta.
Asanuma distributed the various Minolta models of the Molta and later the Chiyoda Kōgaku company. It apparently had the exclusive right to sell these cameras from at least as early as 1936 to the end of the second world war. After the war it still appears as an authorized dealer of the Minolta cameras, until at least as late as 1952, often together with Misuzu Shōkai. It was still in existence in 1959–60 and advertised Taron and King products; its main address at the time was Chūō-ku Nihonbashi Takarachō 3–3 (中央区日本橋宝町3–3) in central Tokyo.[6]
Asanuma also distributed the Congo lenses of Yamasaki, whose founder was a former employee of the company.[7] The Congo lenses appear in wartime Asanuma catalogues,[8] and the company was still an authorized dealer of Yamasaki in 1960.[9]
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| Advertisement by Asanuma in Ars Camera April 1922. (Image rights) |
Advertisement by Asanuma in Asahi Camera February 1930. (Image rights) |
 
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| Advertisements by Asanuma in Asahi Camera June 1932. (Image rights) |
Other
Asanuma distributed Leiket photographic products in 1939: filters, hoods, close-up lenses and a 75/4.5 enlarging lens.[10]
Notes
- ↑ The June 1901 catalogue of Asanuma Shōten, available in electronic form at the National Diet Library, contains a portrait of Asanuma Tōkichi on this page and says "Established 1867" on this page. (Lewis, p.4, says that the shop was founded in 1871 by "Asanuma Tokichi".)
- ↑ 淺沼商店 in older orthography.
- ↑ 淺沼商店 in older orthography. Source: June 1901 catalogue of Asanuma Shōten, available in electronic form at the National Diet Library. This document contains a picture of the shop's building on this page, and various pictures of the show rooms and manufacturing departments on the following pages.
- ↑ 淺沼商會 in older orthography.
- ↑ Lewis, p.24.
- ↑ March 1959 advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.254; 1960 advertisement published in Asahi Camera Annual '60.
- ↑ Yamasaki history page; Inoue, p.130; Baird, p.59.
- ↑ Asanuma Shōkai. Shashinki to zairyō, October 1941.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Congo lenses published in Asahi Camera Annual '60.
- ↑ Advertisement on p.8 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.42 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
Bibliography
Original documents
- Ars Camera. Advertisement by Asanuma Shōkai in April 1922. No page number.
- Asahi Camera. Advertisements by Asanuma Shōkai in February 1930 (pp.A3 and A15) and June 1932 (pp.A18 and A19).
- Asahi Camera Annual '60 (アサヒカメラ年鑑'60). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbun-sha. No ISBN number.
- Asanuma Shōkai. Shashinki to zairyō (Cameras and supplies). Catalogue dated October 1941. P.16. Document partly reproduced in this Flickr album by Rebollo_fr.
- Asanuma Tōkichi (浅沼藤吉). Shashin kikai oyobi yakuhin shashinban oyobi sekiban kigu zukai mokuroku (写真機械及薬品写真版及石版器具図解目録, Illustrated catalogue of photographic materials, chemicals and lithography tools). Tōkyō: Asanuma Shōten (浅沼商店), June 1901. Available in electronic form at the National Diet Library.
- 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.42, corresponding to p.8 of the December 15, 1939 issue.
Modern sources
- 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.
- Baird, John R. The Japanese Camera. Yakima, WA: Historical Camera Publications, 1990. ISBN 1-879561-02-6. P.59.
- Inoue, Mitsuo (井上光朗). "Shashin renzu no yoake. Renzu-ya Funsenki" (写真レンズの夜明け・レンズ屋奮戦記, Dawn of the photographic lens — Fierce war tales between lens shops). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.14, October 1989. No ISBN number. Rikō kamera no subete (リコーカメラのすべて, special issue on Ricoh). Pp.128–132.
- 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).
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P.85.
