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* [http://www.kenko-tokina.co.jp/e/index.html Kenko official website in English] and [http://www.kenko-tokina.co.jp/index_j.html in Japanese] (more complete)
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* [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/archives/20295344.html Advertisement for Kenko products] dated 1954, reproduced in [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/ Shashin-Bako]
 
* [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/archives/20295344.html Advertisement for Kenko products] dated 1954, reproduced in [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/ Shashin-Bako]
  
 
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Revision as of 19:52, 20 May 2007

Kenko Co., Ltd. or K.K. Kenkō (株式会社ケンコー) is a Japanese company that currently (2007) sells (and perhaps makes) digital cameras and camcorders as well as all sorts of camera accessories, including tripods, filters, conversion lenses, etc. The company also distributes in Japan the products of Cosina (including the Voigtländer brand), Tokina, Slik, Daiwa, Cokin, Lee and Tamrac.

The Kenko brand exists since before World War II: an advertisement dated 1941[1] already mentions Kenko products, distributed by Muraue Shōkai.

In an advertisement dated 1954, the company name was given as Kenkō Shashin Yōhin K.K. (ケンコー写真用品㈱).[2] The main address was Minato-ku Shibashinbashi (港区芝新橋) 1–6 in Tokyo, and there was a branch in Osaka. The Kenko products were made by various companies: according to the advertisement, the tripods were made by Eikensha (映研社) of Setagaya (Tokyo) and the filters were made by Tōyō Kōgaku Bōeki K.K. (東洋光学貿易㈱) of Ōmori (Tokyo).

Notes

  1. Advertisement for the Semi Kreis, published in the March 1941 issue of Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 68.
  2. Advertisement for Kenko products dated 1954, reproduced in Shashin-Bako.

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