Taiyōdō
Taiyōdō Kōki K.K. (太陽堂光機㈱) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo. Its address in 1950 was Chiyoda-ku Kanda Jinbōchō (千代田区神田神保町) 1–12.[1] In 1951, the sales department was presented as an independent company called Taiyōdō (太陽堂), Kamera Taiyōdō (カメラ太陽堂) or K.K. Taiyōdō (㈱太陽堂), based at the above address.[2] The manufacturing branch was presumably located elsewhere. From 1953, the name Taiyōdō Kōki K.K. was used both for the manufacturing facility, based in Itabashi-ku Shimura Shimizuchō (板橋区志村清水町) 366, and for the sales department, at the same address as before.[3]
Contents
Camera list
6×6 TLR
- Beautyflex (I), II, IIA, III, IV, V, U, K, S, IIIS, T, 28
- Beautycord
6×6 SLR
6×6 folders
- Beauty Six (1950 model)
- Beauty Six (1953 model)
35mm viewfinder
- Beauty 35
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement dated September 1950 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 166.
- ↑ Advertisements dated January, April, May and July 1951 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 166–7.
- ↑ Advertisements dated from July 1953 to December 1955 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 166–9.
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.
