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'''Eikō-Dō''' (榮光堂) was a Japanese camera distributor and perhaps maker. It was active as early as 1936. Until the war, it distributed various folders, like the Collex, National and Ugein, as well as an enlarger called Asia DO.<REF> Its address at the time was Tōkyō-shi Kanda-ku Nishi-Kanda 1, 1 (東京市神田區西神田1ノ1). Source: advertisements by Eikō-Dō dated 1936 to 1943, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.&nbsp;72, 80&ndash;1 and 99&ndash;100. </REF>
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'''Eikō-Dō''' (栄光堂) was a Japanese camera distributor and perhaps maker. It was active as early as 1936. Until the war, it used the name '''Eikō-Dō Honten''' (榮光堂本店 in {{old writing}}) distributed various folders, like the Collex, National and Ugein, as well as an enlarger called Asia DO.<REF> Its address at the time was Tōkyō-shi Kanda-ku Nishi-Kanda 1, 1 (東京市神田區西神田1ノ1). Source: advertisements by Eikō-Dō dated 1936 to 1943, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.&nbsp;72, 80&ndash;1 and 99&ndash;100. </REF>
  
After the war, it seems that the company was reformed from 1951 to 1953 as '''Maki Shōji''' (槇商事) and called Eikō-Dō again in 1953 and 1954, selling the Ruvinal folder (a continuation of the wartime Ugein) and the Ruvinal Flex TLR.<REF> Its address from 1951 to 1954 was Tōkyō-to Chūō-ku Maki-chō 1, 1 (東京都中央区槇町1の1). Source: advertisements by Maki Shōji and Eikō-Dō dated 1951 to 1954, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;210. </REF>
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After the war, it seems that the company was reformed from 1951 to 1953 as '''Maki Shōji''' (槇商事) and called '''Eikō-Dō''' (栄光堂) again in 1953 and 1954, selling the Ruvinal folder (a continuation of the wartime Ugein) and the Ruvinal Flex TLR.<REF> Its address from 1951 to 1954 was Tōkyō-to Chūō-ku Maki-chō 1, 1 (東京都中央区槇町1の1). Source: advertisements by Maki Shōji and Eikō-Dō dated 1951 to 1954, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;210. </REF>
  
 
== 120 film ==
 
== 120 film ==

Revision as of 10:31, 16 October 2006

Eikō-Dō (栄光堂) was a Japanese camera distributor and perhaps maker. It was active as early as 1936. Until the war, it used the name Eikō-Dō Honten (榮光堂本店 in old writing) distributed various folders, like the Collex, National and Ugein, as well as an enlarger called Asia DO.[1]

After the war, it seems that the company was reformed from 1951 to 1953 as Maki Shōji (槇商事) and called Eikō-Dō (栄光堂) again in 1953 and 1954, selling the Ruvinal folder (a continuation of the wartime Ugein) and the Ruvinal Flex TLR.[2]

120 film

4.5×6 folder

6×6 folder

6×6 TLR

  • Ruvinal Flex A, B
  • Ruvinal Flex IIIA, IIIB

127 film

4×6.5 folder

Notes

  1. Its address at the time was Tōkyō-shi Kanda-ku Nishi-Kanda 1, 1 (東京市神田區西神田1ノ1). Source: advertisements by Eikō-Dō dated 1936 to 1943, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 72, 80–1 and 99–100.
  2. Its address from 1951 to 1954 was Tōkyō-to Chūō-ku Maki-chō 1, 1 (東京都中央区槇町1の1). Source: advertisements by Maki Shōji and Eikō-Dō dated 1951 to 1954, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 210.

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