Kyokutō
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. Perhaps this is a mistake (as the 1940 date given in the same page), or this indicates that Kyokutō Kōki and Kyokkō were different companies.
The Vester-Lette 4.5×6 folder is also attributed to Kyokutō Kōki Seisakusho[2], but many hints relate this camera to Ginrei Kōki.
Camera list
- Semi-Tex (4.5×6 folder)
- Vester-Lette (4.5×6 folder)
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement published in the September 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 80.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 340–1, and McKeown, p. 592.
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. Items 153 and 237.
- McKeown P. 592.
