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− | '''Tachibana Shōkai''' (タチバナ商会)<REF> The name is consistently written タチバナ in ''katakana'' in the advertisements. It was written 橘 in the {{Inquiry1943_short}}. </REF> was a Japanese camera shop in Tokyo. Its address from 1938 to 1942 was Koishikawa-ku Edogawa-chō 13 (東京小石川区江戸川町13).<REF> Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.83. </REF> The shop owner was Katō Inetarō (加藤稲太郎).<REF> Advertisement on p.11 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF> Tachibana made and sold a series of cameras called Pilot in the late 1930s and early 1940s.<REF> Advertisements in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' January and September 1941, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.83, say that Tachibana was the maker and distributor of the Pilot products: パイロツト写真用品製造発売元. Tachibana is also said to be the maker of the Baby Pilot and Pilot Six in the {{Inquiry1943_short}}, items 82–3 and 168–9. </REF> It was still active in 1949 as the distributor of the Pilot photographic products; its address was Bunkyō-ku Hongō Masago-chō 16 in Tokyo (東京文京区本郷真砂町16).<REF> Advertisement in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' February 1949, p.50. See also the [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html advertisement] (at the top left) in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' December 1949 reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF> | + | '''Tachibana Shōkai''' (タチバナ商会)<REF> The name is consistently written タチバナ in ''katakana'' in the advertisements. It was written 橘 in the {{Inquiry1943_short}}. </REF> was a Japanese camera shop in Tokyo. Its address from 1938 to 1942 was Koishikawa-ku Edogawa-chō 13 (東京小石川区江戸川町13).<REF> Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.83. </REF> The shop owner was Katō Inetarō (加藤稲太郎).<REF> Advertisement on p.11 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF> Tachibana made and sold a series of cameras called Pilot in the late 1930s and early 1940s.<REF> Advertisements in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' January and September 1941, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.83, say that Tachibana was the maker and distributor of the Pilot products: パイロツト写真用品製造発売元. Tachibana is also said to be the maker of the Baby Pilot and Pilot Six in the {{Inquiry1943_short}}, items 82–3 and 168–9. </REF> It was still active in 1949 as the distributor of the Pilot photographic products; its address was Bunkyō-ku Hongō Masago-chō 16 in Tokyo (東京文京区本郷真砂町16).<REF> Advertisement in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' February 1949, p.50; advertisement in ''[[Photo Art]]'' December 1949, p.58. See also the [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html advertisement] (at the top left) in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' December 1949 reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF> |
== List of cameras == | == List of cameras == | ||
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== Other == | == Other == | ||
− | * Pilot Anastigmat 75/4.5 enlarging lens, sold ¥24 in 1939<REF> Advertisement on p.11 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF> | + | * Pilot Anastigmat 75/4.5 enlarging lens, sold ¥24 in 1939<REF name="NSKT Dec 39"> Advertisement on p.11 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF> |
* Pilot Hiking Pod camera clamp<REF> Advertisement on p.11 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai] (at the top left) published in ''Ars Camera'' December 1949, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF> | * Pilot Hiking Pod camera clamp<REF> Advertisement on p.11 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai] (at the top left) published in ''Ars Camera'' December 1949, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF> | ||
− | * Pilot tripod heads<REF | + | * Pilot tripod heads<REF name="NSKT Dec 39" /> |
− | * Pilot cassettes for 35mm film cameras<REF | + | * Pilot cassettes for 35mm film cameras<REF name="NSKT Dec 39" /> |
− | * filters<REF | + | * filters<REF name="NSKT Dec 39" /> |
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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* {{Inquiry1943}} | * {{Inquiry1943}} | ||
* ''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.45, corresponding to p.11 of the December 15, 1939 issue. | * ''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.45, corresponding to p.11 of the December 15, 1939 issue. | ||
+ | * ''[[Photo Art]]''. Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai in December 1949 (p.58). | ||
* {{Zukan}} | * {{Zukan}} | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
In Japanese: | In Japanese: | ||
− | * [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body6.htm#060130 Congo 18cm f | + | * [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body6.htm#060130 Congo 18cm f/4.5 lens] at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com], with mention of the Pilot field camera |
− | * [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai] (at the top left) published in | + | * [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai] (at the top left) published in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' December 1949, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura |
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]] | [[Category: Japanese camera makers]] | ||
[[Category: Japanese distributors]] | [[Category: Japanese distributors]] |
Revision as of 16:10, 3 May 2008
Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai in Ars Camera February 1949. (Image rights) |
Tachibana Shōkai (タチバナ商会)[1] was a Japanese camera shop in Tokyo. Its address from 1938 to 1942 was Koishikawa-ku Edogawa-chō 13 (東京小石川区江戸川町13).[2] The shop owner was Katō Inetarō (加藤稲太郎).[3] Tachibana made and sold a series of cameras called Pilot in the late 1930s and early 1940s.[4] It was still active in 1949 as the distributor of the Pilot photographic products; its address was Bunkyō-ku Hongō Masago-chō 16 in Tokyo (東京文京区本郷真砂町16).[5]
Contents
List of cameras
- Baby Pilot (3×4 folder)
- Pilot Six (6×6 folder)
- Pilot Ref (3×4 pseudo TLR)
- Pilot Ref (4×4 pseudo TLR)
- Pilot field camera[6]
Other
- Pilot Anastigmat 75/4.5 enlarging lens, sold ¥24 in 1939[7]
- Pilot Hiking Pod camera clamp[8]
- Pilot tripod heads[7]
- Pilot cassettes for 35mm film cameras[7]
- filters[7]
Notes
- ↑ The name is consistently written タチバナ in katakana in the advertisements. It was written 橘 in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras").
- ↑ Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.83.
- ↑ Advertisement on p.11 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
- ↑ Advertisements in Asahi Camera January and September 1941, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.83, say that Tachibana was the maker and distributor of the Pilot products: パイロツト写真用品製造発売元. Tachibana is also said to be the maker of the Baby Pilot and Pilot Six in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), items 82–3 and 168–9.
- ↑ Advertisement in Ars Camera February 1949, p.50; advertisement in Photo Art December 1949, p.58. See also the advertisement (at the top left) in Ars Camera December 1949 reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura.
- ↑ Sugiyama, item 1018. See also this page at ksmt.com.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Advertisement on p.11 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
- ↑ Advertisement on p.11 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku. Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai (at the top left) published in Ars Camera December 1949, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura.
Bibliography
- Ars Camera. Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai in February 1949 (p.50).
- 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.
- 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.45, corresponding to p.11 of the December 15, 1939 issue.
- Photo Art. Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai in December 1949 (p.58).
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5.
Links
In Japanese:
- Congo 18cm f/4.5 lens at ksmt.com, with mention of the Pilot field camera
- Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai (at the top left) published in Ars Camera December 1949, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura