Fukada
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Gōshi-gaisha Fukada Shōkai (合資会社深田商会, meaning Fukada Company or Fukada Trading Co.) was a Japanese camera distributor, based in Osaka and active in the late 1930s and early 1940s.[1] It distributed the Semi Prince 4.5×6 folder and the Prince Flex 6×6 TLR. It was possibly the owner of the Prince and Doris brand names, at least before World War II.
Distributed cameras
- Prince Peerless[2]
- Semi Prince[3]
- Prince Flex[4]
- Pocket Prince[5]
- Prince Baby Ref[6]
- Semi Prux[7]
- Doris (3×4)[8]
- Baby Doris[9]
- Peacock[10]
- Elmoflex[11]
Notes
- ↑ Its address in 1937 was Ōsaka-shi Sakai-suji Minami-honmachi 2–45 (大阪市界筋南本町二ノ四五). It also used a postal box address in 1939 and 1940: Ōsaka Chūō-kyoku Shishobako 204 (大阪中央局私書函204號). In 1943 it was at Ōsaka-shi Higashi-ku Minami-honmachi 2–45 (大阪市東区南本町二ノ四五), the same address as before. Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 60, 80 and 91.
- ↑ Lewis, p. 48.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 90–1.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 91.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 80 and 91.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 80 and 91.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 91.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 80 and 91.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 60 and 80.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 80.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 60 and 80.
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.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard).
