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Revision as of 05:41, 11 May 2011
K.K. Kashimura Yōkō. (Image rights) |
K.K. Kashimura Yōkō (㈱樫村洋行) was a Japanese distributor. In 1941, it established a sales agreement with Mamiya for the distribution of the Mamiya Six,[1] and this camera still appears on advertisements by Kashimura dated 1954.[2])
The company was the distributor of the Kanko products in 1942.[3]
In 1943, Kashimura established a new plant together with Fujimoto Seisakusho and Tomioka Kōgaku in the Manchurian city of Dalian, under the name Kantō Kōgaku Kōgyō K.K. (関東光学工業㈱).[4]
Advertisement for the Lucky enlargers, published in the October 1955 special issue of Photo Art. (Image rights) |
Kashimura Yōkō was perhaps reestablished in 1947.[5] Its address in 1952 and 1953 was Chūō-ku Nihonbashi Honchō 4–11 (中央区日本橋本町4–11) in Tokyo, and it was Chiyoda-ku Kanda Kajichō 1–3 (東京都千代田区神田鍛冶町1–3) in 1954–5.[6] In 1955, branches were mentioned in Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima and Sapporo.[7]
Kashimura was the distributor of the Ōfuna cameras from 1953 to 1956–7, and it ordered the coupled-rangefinder Ofuna Six for export.[8] The company was also distributing the Luck and the Lucky enlarger made by Fujimoto in 1952; it was still mentioned as authorized dealer in Kantō (Eastern Japan) for the Lucky enlargers in 1954–5.[9]
The company became K.K. Kashimura (㈱樫村) at an unknown date and was renamed Kaga Hightech Co., Ltd. (加賀ハイテック㈱) on October 1st, 2006.[10]
Notes
- ↑ Official Mamiya company history.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.125 and 185.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Fujimoto official company history.
- ↑ Official profile of the Kaga company, stating that it was founded in 1947.
- ↑ Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.124–5 and 205, and advertisement in the October 1955 special issue of Photo Art, p.154.
- ↑ Advertisement in the October 1955 special issue of Photo Art, p.154.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.124–5 and 225.
- ↑ 1952: advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.205; 1954: advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.125; 1955: advertisements in the October special issue of Photo Art, p.154.
- ↑ News release about the name change.
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.
- Photo Art rinji zōkan: Kamera no chishiki (フォトアート臨時増刊・カメラの知識, Photo Art special issue: Knowledge of cameras). October 1955, no.87 of the magazine. Advertisement by Fujimoto Shashinki Seisakusho, p.154.