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'''Kyokutō Kōki Seisakusho''' was a Japanese company that made the [[Semi-Tex]] 4.5×6 folder in 1937–8. It seemed to use the short name '''Kyokko Mfg. Co.''', and this appeared in the company's logo. It also used the trademark "Simpu".
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'''Kyokutō Kōki Seisakusho''' (極東光機製作所) was a Japanese company that made the [[Semi-Tex]] 4.5×6 folder in 1937–8.
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An advertisement for the Semi-Tex<REF> Advertisement published in the September 1937 issue of ''Asahi Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;80. </REF> shows a logo with the name '''Kyokko Mfg. Co.''', possibly an abbreviation of the company's name (thus written 極光). It also shows the trademark "Simpu", that is found on the lens of the Semi-Tex and has also been observed on the lens of a [[Japanese 3×4 and 4×4 pseudo TLR cameras|Pilot Ref]].
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[http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.1.htm This page of the AJCC website] attributes the Semi-Tex to a company called Kyokkō Shōkai, written 旭光商会 with different characters. This is perhaps a mistake (the 1940 date given in the same page is), or it indicates that Kyokutō Kōki and Kyokkō were different companies.
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== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
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Revision as of 13:27, 7 October 2006

Kyokutō Kōki Seisakusho (極東光機製作所) was a Japanese company that made the Semi-Tex 4.5×6 folder in 1937–8.

An advertisement for the Semi-Tex[1] shows a logo with the name Kyokko Mfg. Co., possibly an abbreviation of the company's name (thus written 極光). It also shows the trademark "Simpu", that is found on the lens of the Semi-Tex and has also been observed on the lens of a Pilot Ref.

This page of the AJCC website attributes the Semi-Tex to a company called Kyokkō Shōkai, written 旭光商会 with different characters. This is perhaps a mistake (the 1940 date given in the same page is), or it indicates that Kyokutō Kōki and Kyokkō were different companies.

Notes

  1. Advertisement published in the September 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 80.

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