Fuku Bōeki
Fuku Bōeki (福貿易) was a Japanese trading company based in Tokyo.[1] It distributed the Semi Renky and New Semi Renky from 1939 to about 1943, as well as other Renky products.
Contents
List of products
- Semi Renky, 4.5×6 camera
- New Semi Renky, 4.5×6 camera
- Renky enlarger, sold ¥70 in 1939 with a Renko 75/4.5 lens[2]
- Renky enlarger model II, sold ¥80 in 1941 with a Renko 75/4.5 lens[3]
- Renko 75/4.5 enlarging lens, sold alone for ¥24 in 1939[4]
- Renky rangefinder, available in metres or in feet, sold ¥16 in 1941[5]
Notes
- ↑ Its address from 1939 to 1941 was Tōkyō-shi Kyōbashi-ku Kyōbashi 3–4 Fukutoku building (東京市京橋区京橋三ノ四福徳ビル). Source: advertisements dated November 1939 and March 1941 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.104 and advertisement dated August 1941 reproduced in the Gochamaze website (archived).
- ↑ Advertisement dated November 1939 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.104.
- ↑ Advertisement dated March 1941 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.104.
- ↑ Advertisement on p.18 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.52 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
- ↑ Advertisement dated March 1941 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.104.
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.
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
- Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin (日本写真興業通信). Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku (百号ごと十回の記録, Ten records, every hundred issues). Tokyo: Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin Sha (日本写真興業通信社), 1967. No ISBN number. Advertisement on p.52, corresponding to p.18 of the December 15, 1939 issue.
Links
In Japanese:
- Advertisement for the New Semi Renky published in the August 1941 issue of Gakusei no Kagaku, reproduced in the 120 film camera page of the Gochamaze website (archived)