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== Cameras distributed == | == Cameras distributed == | ||
* [[Super plate folders|Super and Special Super]] (6.5×9 plate folders) by an unknown maker that was not Umemoto | * [[Super plate folders|Super and Special Super]] (6.5×9 plate folders) by an unknown maker that was not Umemoto | ||
− | * [[Super Makinet Six]] (6×6 strut-folder) by [[Umemoto]] | + | * [[Super Makinet Six and Neure Six|Super Makinet Six]] (6×6 strut-folder) by [[Umemoto]] |
* [[Super Flex Baby]] (4×4 SLR) by [[Umemoto]] | * [[Super Flex Baby]] (4×4 SLR) by [[Umemoto]] | ||
Revision as of 16:53, 20 June 2007
Kikōdō (暿光堂) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo.[1] In 1934, the company asked Umemoto Kinzaburō (梅本金三郎) to set up a camera plant, that would become Umemoto Seisakusho, founded in 1935.[2] It sold the cameras made by Umemoto until the war.
Kikōdō distributed other cameras as well: in 1935 it was selling Super, Kinka and Peter (ピーター) cameras.[3] It was probably the owner of the brand "Super". In 1939 it was using a KIKODO TOKYO logo.[4]
Kikōdō survived the war but it became a retailer only and was no longer a distributor.[5]
The postwar Superflex 6×6 TLR cameras were made by a company called Bikōdō Seisakusho that is probably unrelated.
Contents
Cameras distributed
- Super and Special Super (6.5×9 plate folders) by an unknown maker that was not Umemoto
- Super Makinet Six (6×6 strut-folder) by Umemoto
- Super Flex Baby (4×4 SLR) by Umemoto
Cameras sold as authorized dealer
- Wester or Semi Wester 4.5×6 folder by Nishida
Other
- Super accessory rangefinder (sold ¥15 in 1937)[6]
Notes
- ↑ Its address from 1935 to 1941 was Tōkyō-shi Nihonbashi-ku Kodenma-chō 1, 1 (東京市日本橋区小伝馬町1の1). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 74–5 and 94.
- ↑ Umemoto company history.
- ↑ Advertisement dated December 1935 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 74.
- ↑ Advertisement dated February 1939 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 74–5.
- ↑ Private communication to User:Rebollo_fr by Umemoto Akio of Umemoto Seisakusho.
- ↑ Advertisement dated April 1937 for the Super Makinet Six, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 94.
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.
Links
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