View source for Japanese company magazines

Many Japanese camera companies published their own photography magazines. They usually contain pictures taken by amateurs with the cameras made or distributed by the company. They often (but not always) contain advertisements by the company too, or technical articles on the various camera models. The following table is an incomplete list of such company magazines:

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|| company || title || years
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| rowspan=2 | [[Asanuma Shōkai]] || ''Toki no Nagare'' (時の流れ) || c.1935<REF> Tanimura, p.9 of {{CCN}} no.116 and p.19 of {{KKS}} no.12. </REF>
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|| ''Asanuma Times'' (浅沼タイムス) || 1937<REF name="Hagiya 66"> Hagiya, p.66 of {{KKS}} no.12. </REF>
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|| [[Fuji Kōgaku]] || ''Lyra no Hikari'' (ライラの光) || 1937–42 or later (bimonthly)<REF name="auctions"> Observed in online auctions. </REF>
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| rowspan=2 | [[Fuji|Fuji Shashin Film]] || ''Fuji Amateur Photo'' (富士アマチュアフォト) || late 1930s to late 1950s or later<REF name="auctions" />
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|| ''Shashin no gijutsu'' (写真の技術) || mid-1950s<REF> Vol.18 is dated June 1, 1954, and vol.19 is dated August 20, 1954. </REF>
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|| [[Kodak]] || ''Kodak Chishiki'' (コダック知識) || 1930s<REF name="auctions" />
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| rowspan=3 | [[Konica|Konishi]], then [[Konica|Konishiroku]] || ''Shashin Geppō'' (写真月報) || 1894–1940<REF> Tanaka, p.94 of {{KKS}} no.10. </REF>
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|| ''Shashin no shumi'' (写真の趣味) || 1920s<REF> [http://www.geocities.jp/marichan0517/homepage/cameraworld/magazines.htm Japanese photography magazines] at Marichan's Camera World. </REF>
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|| ''Sakura no kuni'' (さくらの国) || late 1930s<REF name="auctions" />
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| rowspan=4 | [[Minolta|Chiyoda Kōgaku]], then [[Minolta]] || ''Minolta News'' (ミノルタニュース) || 1950–5<REF name="Hagiya 66" />
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|| ''Rokkor'' (ロッコール) || from 1955, revived from 1973<REF name="Hagiya 66" />
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|| ''Chiyokō Times'' (千代光タイムス) || 1955–62<REF name="Hagiya 66" />
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|| ''Minolta Echo'' (ミノルタエコー) || from 1962<REF name="Hagiya 66" />
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| rowspan=2 | [[Olympus]] || ''Olympus News'' (オリンパスニュース) || c.1954<REF> Sakurai, p.10, mentions the May 1954 issue of this magazine. </REF>
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|| ''Olympus Photography'' || from 1956<REF> Hagiya, p.82 of {{KKS}} no.20. </REF>
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|| [[Oriental]] || ''Oriental News'' (オリエンタルニュース) || late 1930s<REF name="auctions" />
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| rowspan=2 | [[Ricoh|Riken]] || ''Shinkō Graph'' (新光グラフ)<br><small>(inline ''[[:Template:SGR]]'')</small> || 1938–40<REF> "Rikō kankei no shoseki", p.65 of {{KKS}} no.14. </REF>
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|| ''Ricoh Shōkai News'' (理光商会ニュース) || mid-1950s<REF> Issue no.8 is dated August 1st, 1957. </REF>
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|| [[Tougodo]] || ''[[Camera Shumi]]'' (Camera趣味) || 1930s
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== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{KKS014}} "Rikō kankei no shoseki" (リコー関係の書籍, Printed documents on Ricoh). P.65.
* Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Minoruta kamera wo shiru hon" (ミノルタカメラを知る本, Books on Minolta cameras). {{KKS012}} Pp.66–7.
* Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Orinpasu kamera wo shiru hon" (オリンパスカメラを知る本, Books on Olympus cameras). {{KKS020}} P.82.
* Sakurai Eiichi (桜井栄一). ''Zuikō yobanashi: Orinpasu kamera gaishi'' (ズイコー夜話, Zuiko night talks: Unofficial history of Olympus cameras). Gendai Kamera Shinsho (現代カメラ新書) 86. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1979. <nowiki>ISBN</nowiki> 4-257-08086-8. (Mention of ''Olympus News'' on p.10.)
* Tanaka Yoshirō<!-- or Yoshio --> (田中芳郎). "Meiji–Taishō jidai no Konishi Honten no kamera wo shiru tame no hon" (明治・大正時代の小西本店のカメラを知るための本, Books about the Konishi Honten cameras of the Meiji and Taishō eras). {{KKS010}} Pp.92–4.
* Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Semi Minolta I-gata to II-gata." (セミミノルタⅠ型とⅡ型, "Semi Minolta I and II") In {{CCN}} no.116 (February 1987). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
* Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Supuringu kamera <Semi Minoruta>" (スプリングカメラ<セミミノルタ>, "'Semi Minolta' self-erecting camera"). {{KKS012}} Pp.19–24.

== Links ==
In Japanese:
* [http://www.geocities.jp/marichan0517/homepage/cameraworld/magazines.htm Japanese photography magazines] at [http://www.geocities.jp/marichan0517/homepage/cameraworld/mokuji.htm Marichan's Camera World]

[[Category: Japanese magazines]]