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'''Sanwa Shōkai''' (三和商会) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo, Tamura-chō.<REF> Its address was Tōkyō-shi Shiba-ku Tamura-chō 2–15 (東京市芝區田村町二ノ十五). Source: advertisements dated August 1938 to February 1946, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.72–3 and 132 and in Awano, p.4 of {{CCN}} no.277. </REF> It was an authorized dealer for various cameras from the late 1930s to the end of World War II, sometimes in association with [[Mizuno|Mizuno Shashinki-ten]] and [[Yamamoto Shashinki-ten]]. It was a pioneer in the popularization of subminiature cameras, distributing both the [[Guzzi]] and the [[Mycro]].  
 
'''Sanwa Shōkai''' (三和商会) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo, Tamura-chō.<REF> Its address was Tōkyō-shi Shiba-ku Tamura-chō 2–15 (東京市芝區田村町二ノ十五). Source: advertisements dated August 1938 to February 1946, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.72–3 and 132 and in Awano, p.4 of {{CCN}} no.277. </REF> It was an authorized dealer for various cameras from the late 1930s to the end of World War II, sometimes in association with [[Mizuno|Mizuno Shashinki-ten]] and [[Yamamoto Shashinki-ten]]. It was a pioneer in the popularization of subminiature cameras, distributing both the [[Guzzi]] and the [[Mycro]].  
  
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* [[Auto Keef]] (1946)<REF> Advertisement reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.132. </REF>
 
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== Other ==
 
== Other ==
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* Una self-timer (c.1944)<REF> Advertisement on the fourth cover of {{NSKT}}, February 15, 1944, reproduced in ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'', p.78; advertisement in ''[[Nihon Shashin]]'' September 1944, reproduced in Awano, p.9 of {{CCN}} no.274. </REF>
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* Una self-timer (c.1944, again c.1949)<REF> Advertisement on the fourth cover of {{NSKT}}, February 15, 1944, reproduced in ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'', p.78; advertisement in ''[[Nihon Shashin]]'' September 1944, reproduced in Awano, p.9 of {{CCN}} no.274; advertisement in {{FAR}} December 1949, reproduced in this page. </REF>
 
* Una exposure table (c.1948)<REF> Advertisement on p.2 of {{NSKT}}, April 20, 1948, reproduced in ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'', p.80. </REF>
 
* Una exposure table (c.1948)<REF> Advertisement on p.2 of {{NSKT}}, April 20, 1948, reproduced in ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'', p.80. </REF>
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* Una rangefinder<REF> Advertisement in {{FAR}} December 1949, reproduced in this page. </REF>
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* Una exposure meter<REF> Advertisement in {{FAR}} December 1949, reproduced in this page. </REF>
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

Revision as of 17:34, 15 August 2008

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Sanwa Shōkai (三和商会) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo, Tamura-chō.[1] It was an authorized dealer for various cameras from the late 1930s to the end of World War II, sometimes in association with Mizuno Shashinki-ten and Yamamoto Shashinki-ten. It was a pioneer in the popularization of subminiature cameras, distributing both the Guzzi and the Mycro.

The company survived the war; in 1946 it was selling the remaining stocks of the Auto Keef and the Mycro subminiature, which continued to be sold until c.1951. The company also used the "Una" (ウナー) brand for a variety of accessories, both before and after 1945.

Some sources[2] say the Baby Suzuka was made by Sanwa, but the name that appears in the advertisements for this camera is K.K. Sankō (株式会社三光).[3]

Cameras distributed

The dates correspond to the period when the camera is known to have been distributed by Sanwa Shōkai, not necessarily to its full production run.

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Advertisement in Photo Art December 1949, mentioning Una accessories. (Image rights)

Other

  • Una self-timer (c.1944, again c.1949)[10]
  • Una exposure table (c.1948)[11]
  • Una rangefinder[12]
  • Una exposure meter[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Its address was Tōkyō-shi Shiba-ku Tamura-chō 2–15 (東京市芝區田村町二ノ十五). Source: advertisements dated August 1938 to February 1946, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.72–3 and 132 and in Awano, p.4 of Camera Collectors' News no.277.
  2. ↑ McKeown, p.870, Lewis, p.75, and this page of the Asacame website.
  3. ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.142. See also the advertisement reproduced in this page of the Media-Planet website.
  4. ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.72–3.
  5. ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.73.
  6. ↑ This camera is attributed to Sanwa in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.341.
  7. ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.67, in Awano, pp.4–8 of Camera Collectors' News no.277, and in Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku, pp.47–9 and 71, here at Gochamaze and here at Nostalgic Camera.
  8. ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.132 and 182–3, in Awano, pp.8–10 of Camera Collectors' News no.274, in Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku, p.78, here at Gochamaze and here at Nostalgic Camera.
  9. ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.132.
  10. ↑ Advertisement on the fourth cover of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, February 15, 1944, reproduced in Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku, p.78; advertisement in Nihon Shashin September 1944, reproduced in Awano, p.9 of Camera Collectors' News no.274; advertisement in Photo Art December 1949, reproduced in this page.
  11. ↑ Advertisement on p.2 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, April 20, 1948, reproduced in Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku, p.80.
  12. ↑ Advertisement in Photo Art December 1949, reproduced in this page.
  13. ↑ Advertisement in Photo Art December 1949, reproduced in this page.

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.
  • Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Gucchī" (グッチー, Guzzi). In Camera Collectors' News no.277 (July 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
  • Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Maikuro kamera (senzenhen)" (マイクロカメラ[戦前編], Mycro camera [prewar edition]). In Camera Collectors' News no.274 (April 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
  • Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). The company is incorrectly called "Miwa Shōkai" on pp.62, 64 and 80, because of a wrong reading of the kanji characters 三和. The Baby Suzuka is wrongly attributed to Sanwa Shōkai on p.75.
  • McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp.869–70.
  • 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.78, corresponding to the fourth cover of the February 15, 1944 issue, and on p.80, corresponding to p.2 of the April 20, 1948 issue.

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