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| − | '''Nihon Shōkai''' (日本商会) was a Japanese camera distributor based in Tokyo that was active in the 1930s and 1940s.<REF> Its address from 1937 to 1943 was Tōkyō-shi Nihonbashi-ku Tōri 2, 4 (東京市日本橋區通り二ノ四). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.58, 78 and 107, and in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF> Nihon Shōkai sold a Walz camera and various Walz accessories before 1945, and it was perhaps the owner of the Walz brand name, becoming [[Walz|Walz Shōkai]] after the war. Many of the products distributed by Nihon Shōkai were also jointly advertised by [[ | + | '''Nihon Shōkai''' (日本商会) was a Japanese camera distributor based in Tokyo that was active in the 1930s and 1940s.<REF> Its address from 1937 to 1943 was Tōkyō-shi Nihonbashi-ku Tōri 2, 4 (東京市日本橋區通り二ノ四). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.58, 78 and 107, and in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF> Nihon Shōkai sold a Walz camera and various Walz accessories before 1945, and it was perhaps the owner of the Walz brand name, becoming [[Walz|Walz Shōkai]] after the war. Many of the products distributed by Nihon Shōkai were also jointly advertised by [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]]. |
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Revision as of 17:07, 1 March 2008
Nihon Shōkai (日本商会) was a Japanese camera distributor based in Tokyo that was active in the 1930s and 1940s.[1] Nihon Shōkai sold a Walz camera and various Walz accessories before 1945, and it was perhaps the owner of the Walz brand name, becoming Walz Shōkai after the war. Many of the products distributed by Nihon Shōkai were also jointly advertised by Honjō Shōkai.
Contents
Cameras distributed as main distributor
- Walz (3×4)[2]
- Waltax (wartime, together with the wholesales branch of Honjō Shōkai)[3]
- Taroflex (together with the wholesales branch of Honjō Shōkai)[4]
- Alfax (together with the wholesales branch of Honjō Shōkai)[5]
- Mamiya Six II and III[6]
Cameras distributed as authorized dealer
Other
- Walz filters and hood[8]
- Walz accessory rangefinder[9]
- Walz close-up rangefinder device, copy of the Contameter[10]
Notes
- ↑ Its address from 1937 to 1943 was Tōkyō-shi Nihonbashi-ku Tōri 2, 4 (東京市日本橋區通り二ノ四). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.58, 78 and 107, and in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Advertisement pulished in Asahi Graph (16 June 1937), reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Asahi Graph (3 March 1943), reproduced in the Gochamaze website, advertisement published in Hōdō Shashin April 1942, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.107, and advertisement for the Waltax published between 1942 and 1945, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Hōdō Shashin May 1943, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.78.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Hōdō Shashin March 1942, reproduced in the Gochamaze website and in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.58.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Asahi Graph (22 December 1943), reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Advertisements published in the December 1941 and March 1942 issues of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.58 and 60.
- ↑ Advertisement on p.6 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku, and advertisement in Asahi Graph, December 22, 1943, reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Advertisement on p.6 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
- ↑ Advertisement on p.6 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
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.
- 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. Advertisement on p.40, corresponding to p.6 of the December 15, 1939 issue.
Links
In Japanese:
- Advertisement by Nihon Shōkai and Honjo Shōkai published in the 22 December 1943 issue of Asahi Graph, reproduced in the Japanese camera page of the Gochamaze website
