Hagi
Hagi Kōgyō Bōeki K.K. (萩工業貿易㈱) was a Japanese company, based in Tokyo with a branch in Osaka.[1] It seems that it had a plant in Tokyo.[2] In Japanese, hagi is the name of a variety of clover and the company sold Clover cameras at least between 1936 and 1943.[3] The Clover-Six and perhaps the Semi Clover were made by Ginrei Kōki.
Contents
127 film
- Baby Clover (4×6.5 box)
- Clover Baby Ref (3×4 pseudo TLR)
120 film
- Semi Clover (4.5×6 folder)
- Clover-Six (6×6 folder)
Notes
- ↑ The address of the company, at least between 1936 and 1942, was Tōkyō-shi Kyōbashi-ku Ginza Nishi 7-chōme, 5 (東京市京橋区銀座西七丁目五). The address of the Osaka branch at the same time was Ōsaka-shi Minami-ku Junkemachi-dōri 3-chōme (大阪市南区順慶町通三丁目). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 68–9.
- ↑ The "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943, calls the company Hagi Kōgyō K.K. (萩工業㈱) only and gives an address that probably corresponds to the plant: Tōkyō-to Ōmori-ku Tsutsumikata-chō 187 (東京都大森区堤方町187).
- ↑ Dates: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336.
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.
