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* Simili (シミリア) Anastigmat, [[Koilos]] shutter, {{yen|65|1909}};
 
* Simili (シミリア) Anastigmat, [[Koilos]] shutter, {{yen|65|1909}};
 
* Universal Rapid lens, Auto shutter, {{yen|50|1909}}.
 
* Universal Rapid lens, Auto shutter, {{yen|50|1909}}.
A black leather case was offered for ¥3.50. The Universal Rapid lens and Auto shutter were perhaps made by [[Bausch & Lomb]].<REF> Universal Rapid by Bausch & Lomb: [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/lily.htm this page at R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha]. The Auto shutter is perhaps the B & L Automatic Shutter shown in [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/autoshutter.htm this other page] of the same website. </REF> The Simili Anastigmat reportedly has f/7.7 aperture.<REF> See [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/lily.htm this page at R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha]. </REF> [[Zeiss]] Protar and Tessar lenses are also mentioned, and a [[Rodenstock]] Extra Rapid Aplanat was reportedly introduced in 1912.<REF> See [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/lily.htm this page at R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha], which mentions a Protar Ser.IIIa No.1 (120/9) and a Tessar Ser.IIb No.4 (135/6.3), and the [[Rodenstock]] Extra Rapid Aplanat from 1912. </REF>
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A black leather case was offered for ¥3.50. The Universal Rapid lens was perhaps made by [[Bausch & Lomb]] and the Auto shutter by [[Wollensak]].<REF> Universal Rapid by Bausch & Lomb: [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/lily.htm this page at R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha]. Wollensak Auto shutters are mentioned in various Internet websites. </REF> The Simili Anastigmat reportedly has f/7.7 aperture.<REF> See [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/lily.htm this page at R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha]. </REF> [[Zeiss]] Protar and Tessar lenses are also mentioned, and a [[Rodenstock]] Extra Rapid Aplanat was reportedly introduced in 1912.<REF> See [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/lily.htm this page at R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha], which mentions a Protar Ser.IIIa No.1 (120/9) and a Tessar Ser.IIb No.4 (135/6.3), and the [[Rodenstock]] Extra Rapid Aplanat from 1912. </REF>
  
 
The vertical model was still advertised in 1922 as the Lily No.1, along with the horizontal Lily No.2.<REF> Advertisement dated 1922 reproduced in [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/lilytesage.htm this page] of the [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/index.htm R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha website]. </REF> The camera presented in the illustration is indistinguishable from the model pictured in the 1909 advertisement. The following versions are listed, but no price is given:
 
The vertical model was still advertised in 1922 as the Lily No.1, along with the horizontal Lily No.2.<REF> Advertisement dated 1922 reproduced in [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/lilytesage.htm this page] of the [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/index.htm R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha website]. </REF> The camera presented in the illustration is indistinguishable from the model pictured in the 1909 advertisement. The following versions are listed, but no price is given:

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The Lily (リリー) are Japanese plate folders made by Rokuoh-sha, the manufacturing branch of Konishi or Konishiroku (predecessors of Konica). This page is about the models made before the introduction of a metal body in 1930. These models exist in meishi, tefuda and hagaki size.

For the later metal models, see Lily (metal).

The vertical model

The original model was called Lily Portable Camera (リリー手提暗函), then Lily No.1 (リリー壹號) after the introduction of the No.2. It is a vertical folder, only known in tefuda-size (8×10.5cm) and reportedly introduced in January 1909.[1]

Description

The vertical Lily has a mixed construction with a wooden main body and a metal folding bed. The bellows have double extension, driven by a knob on the photographer's right. The front standard is made of various metal parts assembled together, instead of the single U-shaped part found on later models. It allows vertical and horizontal movements. There is a brilliant finder atop the left branch of the front standard, and a bubble level is normally attached to it. The name Lily is inscribed on a round plate attached to the left-hand side of the body.

Commercial life

Various lens and shutter combinations were offered in 1909 for the Lily Portable Camera:[2]

A black leather case was offered for ¥3.50. The Universal Rapid lens was perhaps made by Bausch & Lomb and the Auto shutter by Wollensak.[4] The Simili Anastigmat reportedly has f/7.7 aperture.[5] Zeiss Protar and Tessar lenses are also mentioned, and a Rodenstock Extra Rapid Aplanat was reportedly introduced in 1912.[6]

The vertical model was still advertised in 1922 as the Lily No.1, along with the horizontal Lily No.2.[7] The camera presented in the illustration is indistinguishable from the model pictured in the 1909 advertisement. The following versions are listed, but no price is given:

  • Voltas f/8 lens, Victo shutter;
  • Idea Anastigmat f/7.5 lens, Victo shutter;
  • Velostigmat No.4 f/6.3 lens, Auto shutter;
  • Collinear f/6.3 lens, Compur shutter.

Surviving examples

The surviving examples present small variations. Two types of folding struts are known: the narrow type is the same as pictured in the 1909 and 1922 advertisements cited above, and the other, presumably later, type has a wider base.[8]

One examples are known with the wider struts and a Gammax shutter.[9] Another reportedly has a Wollensak Velostigmat Ser.IV (135/6.3) and an Optimo shutter (T, B, 1–300).[10] It has no bubble level and has a black instead of polished metal brilliant finder.

An example of the vertical Lily is known with a slightly wider body, called "Lily No.2" in Sugiyama for some reason.[11] It has a folding Newton finder on the left side of the body, in addition to the brilliant finder. The rest of the camera is similar to the Lily No.1 with narrow struts. Its reportedly has a Wollensak Voltas f/8 lens and a Victo shutter (T, B, 10–100).

The horizontal models

Notes

  1. Date: chronological list given in the official company history Shashin to tomo ni hyaku-nen, reproduced in Tanaka, p.94 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10. The same date is given in Kikuoka, p.26 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
  2. Advertisement for the 1909 Lily Portable Camera reproduced in the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website.
  3. This page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha says that the Dagor lens is a 120/6.8.
  4. Universal Rapid by Bausch & Lomb: this page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha. Wollensak Auto shutters are mentioned in various Internet websites.
  5. See this page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha.
  6. See this page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha, which mentions a Protar Ser.IIIa No.1 (120/9) and a Tessar Ser.IIb No.4 (135/6.3), and the Rodenstock Extra Rapid Aplanat from 1912.
  7. Advertisement dated 1922 reproduced in this page of the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website.
  8. Example with narrow struts pictured in Kikuoka, p.26 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10. Examples with wider struts pictured in Kikuoka, p.26 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10, and in Sugiyama, item 1117.
  9. Example pictured in Kikuoka, p.26 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
  10. Sugiyama, item 1117.
  11. Sugiyama, item 1119.

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