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The company was also distributing the [[Luck]] and the Lucky enlarger made by [[Fujimoto]] in 1952 and in 1954, it was still mentioned as authorized dealer in Kantō (Eastern Japan) for the Lucky enlargers.<REF> Advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp. 125 and 225. </REF> | The company was also distributing the [[Luck]] and the Lucky enlarger made by [[Fujimoto]] in 1952 and in 1954, it was still mentioned as authorized dealer in Kantō (Eastern Japan) for the Lucky enlargers.<REF> Advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp. 125 and 225. </REF> | ||
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| + | The company became '''K.K. Kashimura''' ({{kabu}}樫村) at an unknown date and was renamed '''Kaga Hightech Co., Ltd.''' (加賀ハイテック{{kabu}}) on October 1st, 2006.<REF> [http://www.kagaht.co.jp/news/06.10.01.html News release about the name change.] </REF> Curiously the current (2007) company website says that the company was founded in 1947. <REF> [http://www.kagaht.co.jp/corp/index.html Official Kaga company profile.] </REF> | ||
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Revision as of 14:53, 7 February 2007
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] (The Mamiya Six appears on some advertisements by Kashimura dated 1954.[2])
It was the distributor of the Kanko products in 1942.[3]
In 1943, the company 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]
It was based in Tokyo after the war.[5] It was the distributor of the Ofuna cameras from 1953 to 1956–7, and it ordered the coupled-rangefinder Ofuna Six for export.[6]
The company was also distributing the Luck and the Lucky enlarger made by Fujimoto in 1952 and in 1954, it was still mentioned as authorized dealer in Kantō (Eastern Japan) for the Lucky enlargers.[7]
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.[8] Curiously the current (2007) company website says that the company was founded in 1947. [9]
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.
- ↑ Its address in 1952 and 1953 was Tōkyō-to Chūō-ku Nihonbashi Honchō 4–11 (東京都中央区日本橋本町4–11). In 1954 it was Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Kanda-Kaji-chō 1–3 (東京都千代田区神田鍛冶町1–3). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 124–5 and 205.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 124–5 and 225.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 125 and 225.
- ↑ News release about the name change.
- ↑ Official Kaga company profile.
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.
