Eikōdō

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Eikō-Dō (榮光堂) was a Japanese camera maker or distributor in the 1930s and 1940s.

It distributed the National (4×6.5 and 3×4 dual format), Semi National (4.5×6) and National Six (6×6) folders. It also distributed the 1937 Collex.

A 1939 advertisement by Eikō-Dō[1] offers the Semi National II (セミ・ナショナルⅡ型) and National Six II (ナショナル・シックスⅡ型), both with body release, in many variants from ¥75 to ¥150.

Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō-shi Kanda-ku Nishi-Kanda 1, 1 (東京市神田區西神田1ノ1)[2]. Its address in 1954 was Tōkyō-to Chūō-ku Maki-chō 1, 1 (東京都中央区槇町1の1)[3].

120 film

4.5×6 folder

6×6 folder

  • National Six II
  • Ruvinal A
  • Ruvinal B

6×6 TLR

  • Ruvinal flex A
  • Ruvinal flex B

127 film

4×6.5 folder

  • National (dual 4×6.5 and 3×4 format)

Notes

  1. Advertisement for the Semi National II and National Six II, reproduced in a page of Japanese prewar ads at the Heiki Seikatsu website, originally published in the Oct 1939 issue of Asahi Camera.
  2. Advertisement for the Collex and National, published in the Apr 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 109.
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