Fujiwara
Fujiwara Seisakusho (藤原製作所) is a Japanese camera maker about which very little is known. It made the Oscar Six and Renown Six in 1953 and 1954. In advertisements for these two cameras, its address is given as Arakawa-ku, Minami Senju (荒川区南千住) 2–13, northeast of central Tokyo.[1]
Fujiwara is a surname, and seisakusho means factory.
A company of the same name (and named either Fujiwara Scientific Co. Ltd. or Fujiwara Factory in English) exists today (2018). It was set up well before these two folding cameras were made.[2] It makes scientific instruments, and its relationship with the producer of the cameras is unclear.
Camera list
- Oscar Six Ia
- Renown Six Ia and Kohken Chrome Six name variant
- Renown Six IIa
Notes
- ↑ Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.124 and 212.
- ↑ Fujiwara Scientific company history (in Japanese).
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7.
