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'''Asao Tenchidō''' (アサオ天地堂) was a Japanese camera distributor. In the mid-1920s it advertised the [[Cadenza]] soft-focus lens, which was perhaps the first Japan-made photographic lens commercially available.
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'''Asao Tenchidō''' (アサオ天地堂) was a Japanese camera distributor. It was already active in 1922, and its address at the time was Yotsuya-ku Tenma-chō in Tokyo (東京市四谷区伝馬町).<REF> Advertisement in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' February 1922, no page number. </REF> In the mid-1920s it advertised the [[Cadenza]] soft-focus lens, which was perhaps the first Japan-made photographic lens commercially available.
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== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Ars Camera]]''. Advertisements by [[Asao Tenchidō]] in November 1924, June 1926, December 1926 and February 1927. No page numbers.
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* ''[[Ars Camera]]''. Advertisements by Asao Tenchidō in February 1922, November 1924, June 1926, December 1926 and February 1927. No page numbers.
  
 
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Asao Tenchidō (アサオ天地堂) was a Japanese camera distributor. It was already active in 1922, and its address at the time was Yotsuya-ku Tenma-chō in Tokyo (東京市四谷区伝馬町).[1] In the mid-1920s it advertised the Cadenza soft-focus lens, which was perhaps the first Japan-made photographic lens commercially available.

Notes

  1. Advertisement in Ars Camera February 1922, no page number.

Bibliography

  • Ars Camera. Advertisements by Asao Tenchidō in February 1922, November 1924, June 1926, December 1926 and February 1927. No page numbers.