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| − | + | '''Tōyō Kōki K.K.''' (東洋光機{{kabu}}) or '''Tōyō Kōki Seizō K.K.''' (東洋光機製造{{kabu}}) was a Japanese company of the late 1930s and ealry 1940s, which made the [[Peacock]] 3×4cm cameras.<REF> Attribution of the Peacock to Tōyō Kōki: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, item 157, and {{Kokusan}}, p. 339. {{Sugiyama}}, items 3044 and 4060, calls the company "Toyo Optical Works", a translation attempt. {{McKeown}} says that the maker was "Toyo Kogaku", probably mistakenly translating back the name given in Sugiyama. The name Tōyō Kōki Seizō is reported in the address list of the 1943 inquiry. </REF> The company was based in Tokyo, Yodobashi.<REF> Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Yodobashi-ku Nishi-Ochiai 2–531 (東京都淀橋区西落合2–531). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. </REF> | |
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It seems that Tōyō Kōki was merged into [[Oriental|Oriental Shashin Kōgyō]] (a Japanese film maker) in 1944, becoming its optical instruments branch (光機部門), that was dissolved in 1945.<REF> See [http://kans1948.zero-yen.com/html/p108.html this page at Kan's Room]. {{Kokusan}}, p. 339, also says that the two companies are related. </REF> The two companies were perhaps already related at an earlier date, as indicated by the common use of the Peacock trademark. | It seems that Tōyō Kōki was merged into [[Oriental|Oriental Shashin Kōgyō]] (a Japanese film maker) in 1944, becoming its optical instruments branch (光機部門), that was dissolved in 1945.<REF> See [http://kans1948.zero-yen.com/html/p108.html this page at Kan's Room]. {{Kokusan}}, p. 339, also says that the two companies are related. </REF> The two companies were perhaps already related at an earlier date, as indicated by the common use of the Peacock trademark. | ||
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Tōyō Kōki K.K. (東洋光機㈱) or Tōyō Kōki Seizō K.K. (東洋光機製造㈱) was a Japanese company of the late 1930s and ealry 1940s, which made the Peacock 3×4cm cameras.[1] The company was based in Tokyo, Yodobashi.[2]
It seems that Tōyō Kōki was merged into Oriental Shashin Kōgyō (a Japanese film maker) in 1944, becoming its optical instruments branch (光機部門), that was dissolved in 1945.[3] The two companies were perhaps already related at an earlier date, as indicated by the common use of the Peacock trademark.
Camera list
Shutter list
- Peacock (T, B, 10–100) on the Peacock III[4]
- Orient A (T, B, 1–200, self-timer) on the Semi Clover, Clover-Six, Semi Kreis, Semi Kinka and Elmoflex[5]
Notes
- ↑ Attribution of the Peacock to Tōyō Kōki: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), item 157, and Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339. Sugiyama, items 3044 and 4060, calls the company "Toyo Optical Works", a translation attempt. McKeown says that the maker was "Toyo Kogaku", probably mistakenly translating back the name given in Sugiyama. The name Tōyō Kōki Seizō is reported in the address list of the 1943 inquiry.
- ↑ Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Yodobashi-ku Nishi-Ochiai 2–531 (東京都淀橋区西落合2–531). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.
- ↑ See this page at Kan's Room. Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339, also says that the two companies are related.
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter item 18-U-11.
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter item 18-P-23. The document only gives the short form 東洋, as was the case for the Peacock shutter.
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.
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
Links
- Oriental large format camera at Kan's Room, reproducing an e-mail sent from an employee of Cyber Graphics (new name of Oriental) about the history of the Oriental company
