Japanese company magazines
Many Japanese camera companies published photographic 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:
| company | title | years |
| Asanuma Shōkai | Toki no Nagare (時の流れ) | c.1935[1] |
| Asanuma Shōkai | Asanuma Times (浅沼タイムス) | 1937[2] |
| Fuji Kōgaku | Lyra no Hikari (ライラの光) | 1937–42 or later[3] |
| Fuji Shashin Film | Fuji Amateur Photo (富士アマチュアフォト) | late 1930s to late 1950s or later[3] |
| Kodak | Kodak Chishiki (コダック知識) | 1930s[3] |
| Konishi, then Konishiroku | Shashin Geppō (写真月報) | 1894–940[4] |
| Konishiroku | Sakura no kuni (さくらの国) | late 1930s[3] |
| Chiyoda Kōgaku Seikō (Minolta) | Minolta News (ミノルタニュース) | 1950–5[2] |
| Chiyoda Kōgaku Seikō, then Minolta | Rokkor (ロッコール) | from 1955, revived from 1973[2] |
| Chiyoda Kōgaku Seikō (Minolta) | Chiyokō Times (千代光タイムス) | 1955–62[2] |
| Minolta | Minolta Echo (ミノルタエコー) | from 1962[2] |
| Olympus | Olympus News (オリンパスニュース) | c.1954[5] |
| Olympus | Olympus Photography | from 1956[6] |
| Oriental | Oriental News (オリエンタルニュース) | late 1930s[3] |
| Riken | Shinkō Graph (新光グラフ) | 1938–40[7] |
Notes
- ↑ Tanimura, p.9 of Camera Collectors' News no.116 and p.19 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Hagiya, p.66 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Observed in online auctions.
- ↑ Tanaka, p.94 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
- ↑ Sakurai, p.10, mentions the May 1954 issue of this magazine.
- ↑ Hagiya, p.82 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.20.
- ↑ "Rikō kankei no shoseki", p.65 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.14.
Bibliography
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