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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 [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]].
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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 1944 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, in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website] and in ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'', pp.40 and 64. </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]].
  
 
== Cameras distributed as main distributor ==
 
== Cameras distributed as main distributor ==
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* [[Walz (3×4)]]<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki34.jpg Advertisement] pulished in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'' (16 June 1937), reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF>
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* [[Walz (3×4)]]<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki34.jpg Advertisement] in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', June 16, 1937, reproduced at [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze]. </REF>
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* [[Waltax]] (before 1945, together with [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]])<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki23.jpg Advertisement] published in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'' (3 March 1943), reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website], advertisement published in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' April 1942, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.107, and [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>
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* [[Waltax]] (before 1945, together with [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]])<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' April 1942, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.107, [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, [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki23.jpg advertisement] in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', March 3, 1943, reproduced at [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze], and advertisement on the second cover of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', 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> Advertisement published in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' May 1943, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.78. </REF>
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* [[Taroflex]] (together with [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]])<REF> Advertisement in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' May 1943, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.78, and advertisement on the second cover of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', 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> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki1.jpg Advertisement] published in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' March 1942, reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website] and in {{Kokusan}}, p.58. </REF>
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* [[Alfax]] (together with the [[Honjō|Honjō Shōkai]])<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki1.jpg Advertisement] in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'' March 1942, reproduced at [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze] and in {{Kokusan}}, p.58. </REF>
  
 
== Cameras distributed as authorized dealer ==
 
== Cameras distributed as authorized dealer ==
 
* [[Ako folders]]<REF> Advertisements published in the December 1941 and March 1942 issues of ''[[Hōdō Shashin]],'' reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.58 and 60. </REF>
 
* [[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> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki2.jpg Advertisement] published in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'' (22 December 1943), reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF>
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* [[Mamiya Six|Mamiya Six II and III]]<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki2.jpg Advertisement] in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', December 22, 1943, reproduced at [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze]. </REF>
  
 
== Other ==
 
== Other ==
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* Walz filters and hood<REF> Advertisement on p.6 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'', and [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki2.jpg advertisement] in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', December 22, 1943, reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF>
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* Walz filters and hood<REF> Advertisement on p.6 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'', and [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki2.jpg advertisement] in ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', December 22, 1943, reproduced at [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze]. </REF>
 
* Walz accessory rangefinder<REF> Advertisement on p.6 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
 
* Walz accessory rangefinder<REF> Advertisement on p.6 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
 
* Walz close-up rangefinder device, copy of the Contameter<REF> Advertisement on p.6 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
 
* Walz close-up rangefinder device, copy of the Contameter<REF> Advertisement on p.6 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
* {{Showa10}}
 
* {{Showa10}}
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* ''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.
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* ''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, and on p.64, corresponding to the second cover of the February 15, 1944 issue.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Revision as of 15:56, 6 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.

Cameras distributed as main distributor

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

  1. ↑ Its address from 1937 to 1944 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, in the Gochamaze website and in Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku, pp.40 and 64.
  2. ↑ Advertisement in Asahi Graph, June 16, 1937, reproduced at Gochamaze.
  3. ↑ Advertisement published in Hōdō Shashin April 1942, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.107, advertisement dated 1942 reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura, advertisement in Asahi Graph, March 3, 1943, reproduced at Gochamaze, and advertisement on the second cover of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, February 15, 1944, reproduced on p.64 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
  4. ↑ Advertisement in Hōdō Shashin May 1943, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.78, and advertisement on the second cover of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, February 15, 1944, reproduced on p.64 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
  5. ↑ Advertisement in Hōdō Shashin March 1942, reproduced at Gochamaze and in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.58.
  6. ↑ Advertisements published in the December 1941 and March 1942 issues of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.58 and 60.
  7. ↑ Advertisement in Asahi Graph, December 22, 1943, reproduced at Gochamaze.
  8. ↑ 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 at Gochamaze.
  9. ↑ Advertisement on p.6 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.40 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
  10. ↑ 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. Advertisements on p.40, corresponding to p.6 of the December 15, 1939 issue, and on p.64, corresponding to the second cover of the February 15, 1944 issue.

Links

In Japanese:

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