Asanuma Shashinki-ten
Asanuma Shashinki-ten (浅沼写真機店) was a Japanese distributor in the late 1920s and 1930s, based in the Marunouchi Building in Tokyo.[1] In the mid-1930s, the company advertised the Leica cameras.[2] In 1939, it was distributing the Leiket photographic products: filters, hoods, close-up lenses and a 75/4.5 enlarging lens.[3] It seems that this company was not related to Asanuma Shōkai, but this is not known for sure.[4]
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| Advertisement for the Leica by Asanuma Shashinki-ten in Shashin Salon January 1934. (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Advertisements in Asahi Camera September 1929 (p.A15) and February 1930 (p.A15); advertisement in Shashin Salon January 1934; advertisement on p.8 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.42 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
- ↑ Advertisement in Shashin Salon January 1934.
- ↑ Advertisement on p.8 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.42 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
- ↑ The February 1930 issue of Asahi Camera contains both an advertisement by Asanuma Shōkai on p.A3 and an advertisement by Asanuma Shashinki-ten on p.A15. Asanuma is a Japanese family name, and the existence of two different Asanuma companies is not implausible.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera. Advertisements by Asanuma Shashinki-ten in September 1929 (p.A15) and February 1930 (p.A15).
- 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 by Asanuma Shashinki-ten on p.42, corresponding to p.8 of the December 15, 1939 issue.
- Shashin Salon. Advertisement by Asanuma Shashinki-ten in January 1934, no page number.
