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== Marusō Kōgaku ==
 
== Marusō Kōgaku ==
'''K.K. Marusō Kōgaku''' ({{kabu}}丸惣光学) was active in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and was based in Asakusa, Tokyo.<REF> The address was in Tokyo, Taitō-ku, Asakusa (東京都台東区浅草霨一ノ二六). Source: advertisement on p.4 of {{NSKT}} April 20, 1948, reproduced on p.82 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF> It sold the [[Maruso Camera]] [[no-need-darkroom]] models around 1948, and the [[Maruso Refe]] (or "Semi Ref") 4.5×6cm box around 1950. It surely also distributed the [[Maruso 35]] camera taking 24×36mm exposures on [[Bolta film]], which seems to date from the same period. (One source attributes all these cameras to "Maruso Trading Co.", but this is not the name appearing in the original documents.)<REF> "Maruso Trading Co.": {{SUG}}, items 4154–5 and 4224. </REF>
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'''K.K. Marusō Kōgaku''' ({{kabu}}丸惣光学) was active in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and was based in Asakusa, Tokyo.<REF> The address was in Tokyo, Taitō-ku, Asakusa (東京都台東区浅草霨一ノ二六). Source: advertisement on p.4 of {{NSKT}} April 20, 1948, reproduced on p.82 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF> It sold the [[Maruso Camera]] [[no-need-darkroom]] models around 1948, and the [[Maruso Refe]] (or "Semi Ref") 4.5×6cm box around 1950. It surely also distributed the [[Maruso 35]] camera for [[Bolta film]], apparently dating from the same period, though one source attributes this camera to "Maruso Camera Sha" (マルソカメラ社).<REF> Takesaki, p.96 of {{KKS}} no.21. </REF> (Another source attributes all these cameras to "Maruso Trading Co.", but this is certainly a confusion with the later distributor of the Top Camera.)<REF> "Maruso Trading Co.": {{SUG}}, items 4154–5 and 4224. </REF>
  
 
== Maruso Trading Co. or Maruso Manufacturing ==
 
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* {{NSKT1000}} Advertisement on p.82, corresponding to p.4 of the April 20, 1948 issue.
 
* {{NSKT1000}} Advertisement on p.82, corresponding to p.4 of the April 20, 1948 issue.
 
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* Takesaki Harutoshi (竹崎春年). "Boruta-han kamera no subete [katarogu]" (ボルタ判カメラのすべて[カタログ], All Bolta-size cameras [catalogue]). In {{KKS021}} Pp.95–105.
  
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]

Revision as of 20:01, 18 June 2009

The name Marusō (丸惣) applies to various Japanese companies. It is not known if these were related to each other.

Marusō K.K.

Marusō K.K. (丸惣㈱) was based in Tokyo, Kanda, in 1939, and was making the Hamond cameras.[1] (One source attributes the Hamond to "Marusō Kōgaku", but this is not the name appearing in the advertisements.)[2]

Marusō Kōgaku

K.K. Marusō Kōgaku (㈱丸惣光学) was active in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and was based in Asakusa, Tokyo.[3] It sold the Maruso Camera no-need-darkroom models around 1948, and the Maruso Refe (or "Semi Ref") 4.5×6cm box around 1950. It surely also distributed the Maruso 35 camera for Bolta film, apparently dating from the same period, though one source attributes this camera to "Maruso Camera Sha" (マルソカメラ社).[4] (Another source attributes all these cameras to "Maruso Trading Co.", but this is certainly a confusion with the later distributor of the Top Camera.)[5]

Maruso Trading Co. or Maruso Manufacturing

The Top Camera 14×14mm subminiature made in the mid 1960s is attributed to Maruso Trading Co. or Maruso Manufacturing by various sources.[6]

Notes

  1. The address was Tōkyō, Kanda-ku Awaji-chō 1–1 (東京市神田区淡路町1–1). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.84.
  2. "Marusō Kōgaku": Lewis, p.55.
  3. The address was in Tokyo, Taitō-ku, Asakusa (東京都台東区浅草霨一ノ二六). Source: advertisement on p.4 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin April 20, 1948, reproduced on p.82 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
  4. Takesaki, p.96 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.21.
  5. "Maruso Trading Co.": Sugiyama, items 4154–5 and 4224.
  6. "Maruso Trading Co.": Sugiyama, item 5150 (Top I); McKeown, p.653. "Maruso Manufacturing": Sugiyama, item 5151 (Top II).

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