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'''Tōsei Kōki Y.K.''' (東成光機<small>有限会社</small>, meaning Tosei Optical Instruments) was a Japanese camera maker in the first half of the 1950s. It was based in Koiwamachi, Tokyo.<REF> The exact address was Tōkyō-to Edogawa-ku Koiwamachi 7–321 (東京都江戸川区小岩町7–321). Source: advertisements dated December 1952, January and April 1954, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.137–8 and 174. </REF> The name Tōsei is reportedly an allusion to the Tokyo-Narita railway line which was running not far from the factory.<REF> [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/ter-1212/bokutoucamera1.htm This page] by Terasaki Haruhisa. </REF> (Tōsei 東成 is a concatenation of the characters 東 for Tōkyō 東京 and 成 for Narita 成田.) | '''Tōsei Kōki Y.K.''' (東成光機<small>有限会社</small>, meaning Tosei Optical Instruments) was a Japanese camera maker in the first half of the 1950s. It was based in Koiwamachi, Tokyo.<REF> The exact address was Tōkyō-to Edogawa-ku Koiwamachi 7–321 (東京都江戸川区小岩町7–321). Source: advertisements dated December 1952, January and April 1954, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.137–8 and 174. </REF> The name Tōsei is reportedly an allusion to the Tokyo-Narita railway line which was running not far from the factory.<REF> [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/ter-1212/bokutoucamera1.htm This page] by Terasaki Haruhisa. </REF> (Tōsei 東成 is a concatenation of the characters 東 for Tōkyō 東京 and 成 for Narita 成田.) | ||
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* [[Semi Frank]] (4.5×6 folder) | * [[Semi Frank]] (4.5×6 folder) | ||
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One source attributes the [[Camel, Comex 35, Kikuca 35 and Rolex 35 III|Comex 35]] to Tōsei Kōki,<REF> See [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/NAZO_ROLEX35.htm this page at Japan Family Camera]. </REF> but this is perhaps a mistake, due to the fact that the Sanon Six and Comex 35 were sold by the same distributor [[Takasago]]. | One source attributes the [[Camel, Comex 35, Kikuca 35 and Rolex 35 III|Comex 35]] to Tōsei Kōki,<REF> See [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/NAZO_ROLEX35.htm this page at Japan Family Camera]. </REF> but this is perhaps a mistake, due to the fact that the Sanon Six and Comex 35 were sold by the same distributor [[Takasago]]. | ||
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Revision as of 11:46, 20 August 2011
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Tōsei Kōki Y.K. (東成光機有限会社, meaning Tosei Optical Instruments) was a Japanese camera maker in the first half of the 1950s. It was based in Koiwamachi, Tokyo.[1] The name Tōsei is reportedly an allusion to the Tokyo-Narita railway line which was running not far from the factory.[2] (Tōsei 東成 is a concatenation of the characters 東 for Tōkyō 東京 and 成 for Narita 成田.)
The company made the Frank Six and Semi Frank folders and the Copenflex TLR, and certainly also the TKS shutters. The Frank Six was first released in mid-1950 by Taiyōdō Kōki as the Beauty Six, but it is not known if the production was transferred to Tōsei Kōki or if the company produced the camera from the start as a subcontractor of Taiyōdō.
The T.K logo of the company depicts a vertical convex lens crossed by a horizontal concave lens. It is very similar to the first Mamiya logo.
Contents
Camera list
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- Semi Frank (4.5×6 folder)
- Frank Six I, II, III, IV, V (6×6 folders)
- Sanon Six (I), II, III (name variant of the Frank Six sold by Takasago)
- Liner Six (name variant of the Frank Six IV)
- Copenflex (6×6 TLR)
One source attributes the Comex 35 to Tōsei Kōki,[3] but this is perhaps a mistake, due to the fact that the Sanon Six and Comex 35 were sold by the same distributor Takasago.
Notes
- ↑ The exact address was Tōkyō-to Edogawa-ku Koiwamachi 7–321 (東京都江戸川区小岩町7–321). Source: advertisements dated December 1952, January and April 1954, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.137–8 and 174.
- ↑ This page by Terasaki Haruhisa.
- ↑ See this page at Japan Family Camera.
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.
Links
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