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== Cameras sold as authorized dealer == | == Cameras sold as authorized dealer == | ||
− | * [[Wester | + | * [[Wester (wartime 4.5×6)|Wester or Semi Wester]] (4.5×6 folder) by [[Nishida]] |
== Other == | == Other == | ||
− | * Super accessory rangefinder (sold | + | * Super accessory rangefinder (sold ¥15 in 1937)<REF> Advertisement dated April 1937 for the Super Makinet Six, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.94. </REF> |
== Notes == | == Notes == |
Revision as of 19:55, 10 January 2008
Advertisement by Kikōdō in Asahi Camera June 1932. (Image rights) |
Kikōdō (暿光堂) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo, which was already active in 1932. Its address at the time was Nihonbashi-ku Honshirogane-chō (日本橋区本銀町) 3–3;[1] from 1935 to 1941 it was Nihonbashi-ku Kodenma-chō (日本橋区小伝馬町) 1–1.[2]
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.[3] 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 cameras.[4] It was probably the owner of the brand "Super". In 1939 it was using a KIKODO TOKYO logo.[5]
Kikōdō survived the war but it became a retailer only and was no longer a distributor.[6]
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
- Semi Makinet (4.5×6 folder) 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)[7]
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement in Asahi Camera June 1932, p.A41.
- ↑ 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 June 1932. Advertisement by Kikōdō on p.A41.
- 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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