Baby Suzuka
Template:127 Japan The Baby Suzuka was a 3x4 folding Japanese camera, made around 1951. It was one of the last examples of that type of cameras, inspired by the Zeiss Ikon Baby Ikonta.
It was probably made by a company called Sanko, about which nothing is known. It appeared in a 1952 ad (in an issue of Asahi Camera), with the company name K.K. Sankô (株式会社三光, Sanko Co Ltd). A company called Sankô K.K. (三光株式会社) exists today (website is http://www.sanko-inet.co.jp/), and currently makes chemical products. It was founded as Sankô Shôkai (三光商会) in 1946 and became Sankô K.K. in 1949, so it might well be the same company.
In the advertisement, the lens and shutter (barely readable) were probably Teriotar Anastigmat 50/3.5. and B-T-25-150. The price was 3500 yen, and the case cost 700 yen.
It has been offered for sale by a dealer with what was reported as a Teriotar 5cm/3.5 lens and a Suzuka shutter. It is listed in McKeown at the Sanwa Shôkai (三和商会) entry, but it is certainly not related.
