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'''Nihon Shōkai''' (日本商会) was a Japanese camera distributor at least in the 1930s and 1940s. It was the distributor of the original Walz camera<REF> {{Gochamaze|Walz|34|16 June 1937|Asahi Graph}} </REF>. It also distributed the wartime Waltax<REF> Advertisement for the Waltax, visible in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera], a page of old Japanese ads by Toshio Inamura, originally published between 1942 and 1945. &mdash; {{Gochamaze|Waltax|23|3 Mar 1943|Asahi Graph}} </REF>, together with the wholesales branch of Honjō Shōkai (本庄商会卸部). The latter company still exists as Honjō K.K. (本庄株式会社), a photo wholesaler (see [http://www.honjo-net.co.jp/company_prof.html the company history here]). The two companies also appear as authorized dealers on a wartime advertisement for the [[Mamiya Six]] II and III<REF> {{Gochamaze|Mamiya Six II and III|2|22 Dec 1943|Asahi Graph}} </REF>. In the same ad were also offered some Walz filters and a Walz hood for the Mamiya Six.
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'''Nihon Shōkai''' (日本商会) was a Japanese camera distributor, already active in 1937.<REF name="Asahi Graph 06/37"> Advertisement in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', June 16, 1937, formerly reproduced at [https://web.archive.org/web/20020107072342/http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze (archived)]. </REF> Its address from 1937 to 1944 was Nihonbashi-ku Dōri 2–4 in Tokyo (東京市日本橋区通り二ノ四).<REF> Advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.58, 78 and 107, in [https://web.archive.org/web/20020107072342/http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze (archived)] and in ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'', pp.40 and 64. </REF> Many of the products distributed by Nihon Shōkai before 1945 were also jointly advertised by [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]]. The company survived the war; in 1949 it was located at Bunkyō-ku Tōdai-seimon-mae (東京都文京区東大正門前), facing the main gate of the Tōdai university.<REF name="AR 02/49"> Advertisement in {{AR}} February 1949, p.27. </REF>
  
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Its address was Tōkyō-shi Nihonbashi-ku Tōri 2, 4 (東京市日本橋區通り二ノ四).
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Nihon Shōkai sold a Walz camera in 1937 and various Walz accessories before and after the war; it was certainly the owner of the Walz brand name, and perhaps the predecessor of [[Walz|Walz Shōkai]].
  
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[http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~masaki-k/camera%20WALZFLEX.htm This Japanese page at La Chambre Claire] suggests that Nihon Shōkai was the owner of the Walz brand name before the war, and became Walz Shōkai after the war.
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== Cameras distributed as main distributor ==
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* [[Walz (3×4)]]<REF name="Asahi Graph 06/37" />
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* [[Waltax]] (before 1945, together with [[Photo News|Photo News Sha]] or [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]])<REF name="Waltax leaflet"> Leaflet ''Waltax 4.5 / 6'', c.1940. </REF><REF name="HSH 04/42"> Advertisement in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' April 1942, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.107. </REF><REF name="Nostalgic 42"> [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/fuji42_fil_l.jpg Advertisement] dated 1942 reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF><REF name="Asahi Graph 03/43"> advertisement in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', March 3, 1943, formerly reproduced at [https://web.archive.org/web/20020107072342/http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze (archived)]. </REF><REF name="NSKT 02/44"> Advertisement on the second cover of {{NSKT}}, February 15, 1944, reproduced on p.64 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
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* [[Taroflex]] (together with [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]])<REF name="HSH 05/43"> Advertisement in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' May 1943, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.78. </REF><REF name="NSKT 02/44"> Advertisement on the second cover of {{NSKT}}, February 15, 1944, reproduced on p.64 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
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* [[Alfax]] (together with the [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]])<REF name="HSH 03/42> Advertisement in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' March 1942, formerly reproduced at [https://web.archive.org/web/20020107072342/http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze (archived)] and reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.58. </REF>
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== Cameras distributed as authorized dealer ==
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* [[Ako folders]]<REF> Advertisements published in the December 1941 and March 1942 issues of ''[[Hōdō Shashin]],'' reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.58 and 60. </REF>
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* [[Mamiya Six|Mamiya Six II and III]]<REF name="Asahi Graph 12/43"> Advertisement in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', December 22, 1943, formerly reproduced at [https://web.archive.org/web/20020107072342/http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze (archived)]. </REF>
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== Other ==
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* Walz filters and hood (c.1939–48)<REF name="NSKT 12/39"> Advertisement on p.6 of {{NSKT}}, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF><REF name="Asahi Graph 12/43" /><REF name="NSKT 04/48"> Advertisement on p.3 of {{NSKT}}, April 20, 1948, reproduced on p.81 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
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* Walz accessory rangefinder (c.1939)<REF name="NSKT 12/39" />
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* Walz close-up rangefinder device, copy of the Contameter (c.1939)<REF name="NSKT 12/39" />
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* Foca-Finder (c.1941, see [[Semi Minolta (I) and II|Semi Minolta]])<REF> Noma, p.71, attributes this accessory to "Walz". </REF>
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* Walz accessory rangefinder (c.1948–9)<REF name="NSKT 04/48"> Advertisement on p.3 of {{NSKT}}, April 20, 1948, reproduced on p.81 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF><REF name="AR 02/49" />
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* Walz self-timer (c.1948–9)<REF name="NSKT 04/48" /><REF name="AR 02/49" />
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* Walz flash unit (c.1949)<REF name="AR 02/49" />
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* Walz tripod (c.1949)<REF name="AR 02/49" />
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* Walz enlarger, with Walz Anastigmat f/4.5 (c.1940)<REF name="Waltax leaflet" />
  
 
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== Bibliography ==
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* [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm Page of prewar and wartime advertisements for Japanese cameras] at the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]
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* {{AR}}. Advertisement by Nihon Shōkai in February 1949 (p.27).
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* [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera], a page of old Japanese ads by Toshio Inamura.
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* {{Showa10}}
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* {{NSKT1000}} Advertisements on p.40, corresponding to p.6 of the December 15, 1939 issue, on p.64, corresponding to the second cover of the February 15, 1944 issue, and on p.81, corresponding to p.3 of the April 20, 1948 issue.
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* Nihon Shōkai and [[Photo News|Photo News Sha]]. ''Waltax 4.5 / 6''. Leaflet published c.1940 (date not indicated). Document reproduced in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/albums/72157712089138922/ this Flickr set] by Rebollo_fr.
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* Noma Toshio (野間俊夫). ''Kyorikei-tsuki kamera no henpo'' (距離計付きカメラの変遷, Evolution of rangefinder cameras). Gendai Kamera Shinsho (現代カメラ新書) 65. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1979. No ISBN number. Pp.70–1. (On the Foca-Finder.)
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== Links ==
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* [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/fuji42_fil_l.jpg Advertisement for the Waltax] dated 1942, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 6 December 2019

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Advertisement by Nihon Shōkai in Ars Camera February 1949. (Image rights)

Nihon Shōkai (日本商会) was a Japanese camera distributor, already active in 1937.[1] Its address from 1937 to 1944 was Nihonbashi-ku Dōri 2–4 in Tokyo (東京市日本橋区通り二ノ四).[2] Many of the products distributed by Nihon Shōkai before 1945 were also jointly advertised by Honjō Shōkai. The company survived the war; in 1949 it was located at Bunkyō-ku Tōdai-seimon-mae (東京都文京区東大正門前), facing the main gate of the Tōdai university.[3]

Nihon Shōkai sold a Walz camera in 1937 and various Walz accessories before and after the war; it was certainly the owner of the Walz brand name, and perhaps the predecessor of Walz Shōkai.

Cameras distributed as main distributor

Cameras distributed as authorized dealer

Other

  • Walz filters and hood (c.1939–48)[13][12][14]
  • Walz accessory rangefinder (c.1939)[13]
  • Walz close-up rangefinder device, copy of the Contameter (c.1939)[13]
  • Foca-Finder (c.1941, see Semi Minolta)[15]
  • Walz accessory rangefinder (c.1948–9)[14][3]
  • Walz self-timer (c.1948–9)[14][3]
  • Walz flash unit (c.1949)[3]
  • Walz tripod (c.1949)[3]
  • Walz enlarger, with Walz Anastigmat f/4.5 (c.1940)[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Advertisement in Asahi Graph, June 16, 1937, formerly reproduced at Gochamaze (archived).
  2. ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.58, 78 and 107, in Gochamaze (archived) and in Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku, pp.40 and 64.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Advertisement in Ars Camera February 1949, p.27.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Leaflet Waltax 4.5 / 6, c.1940.
  5. ↑ Advertisement in Hōdō Shashin April 1942, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.107.
  6. ↑ Advertisement dated 1942 reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura.
  7. ↑ advertisement in Asahi Graph, March 3, 1943, formerly reproduced at Gochamaze (archived).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Advertisement on the second cover of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, February 15, 1944, reproduced on p.64 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
  9. ↑ Advertisement in Hōdō Shashin May 1943, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.78.
  10. ↑ Advertisement in Hōdō Shashin March 1942, formerly reproduced at Gochamaze (archived) and reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.58.
  11. ↑ Advertisements published in the December 1941 and March 1942 issues of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.58 and 60.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Advertisement in Asahi Graph, December 22, 1943, formerly reproduced at Gochamaze (archived).
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Advertisement on p.6 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Advertisement on p.3 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, April 20, 1948, reproduced on p.81 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
  15. ↑ Noma, p.71, attributes this accessory to "Walz".

Bibliography

  • Ars Camera. Advertisement by Nihon Shōkai in February 1949 (p.27).
  • 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.
  • Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin (日本写真興業通信). Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku (百号ごと十回の記録, Ten records, every hundred issues). Tokyo: Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin Sha (日本写真興業通信社), 1967. No ISBN number. Advertisements on p.40, corresponding to p.6 of the December 15, 1939 issue, on p.64, corresponding to the second cover of the February 15, 1944 issue, and on p.81, corresponding to p.3 of the April 20, 1948 issue.
  • Nihon Shōkai and Photo News Sha. Waltax 4.5 / 6. Leaflet published c.1940 (date not indicated). Document reproduced in this Flickr set by Rebollo_fr.
  • Noma Toshio (野間俊夫). Kyorikei-tsuki kamera no henpo (距離計付きカメラの変遷, Evolution of rangefinder cameras). Gendai Kamera Shinsho (現代カメラ新書) 65. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1979. No ISBN number. Pp.70–1. (On the Foca-Finder.)

Links

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