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== Takemoto Shōkai (postwar) == | == Takemoto Shōkai (postwar) == | ||
| − | + | '''K.K. Takemoto Shōkai''' (竹本商会) was a distributor in the first half of the 1950s, based in Minami-Inari, Tokyo.<REF> The address in 1954 was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Minami-Inari-chō (東京都台東区南稲荷町). Source: advertisement dated March 1954 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.145. </REF> It was an authorized dealer (特約店) of the [[Tanack 35 to IV-S|Tanack 35]] in 1954.<REF> Advertisement dated March 1954 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.145. </REF> Its name is also mentioned about the [[Wagen Six]], announced in 1953–4, of which it was certainly the main distributor.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.375, item 1055. </REF> | |
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Takemoto (竹本) is a fairly common Japanese family name, appearing in the name of various companies.
Takemoto (wartime)
A Takemoto company is mentioned in the 1943 Japanese government inquiry as the maker of the Weha 75/4.5 three-element lens mounted on the Weha Six in 1943.[1]
Takemoto Shōkai (postwar)
K.K. Takemoto Shōkai (竹本商会) was a distributor in the first half of the 1950s, based in Minami-Inari, Tokyo.[2] It was an authorized dealer (特約店) of the Tanack 35 in 1954.[3] Its name is also mentioned about the Wagen Six, announced in 1953–4, of which it was certainly the main distributor.[4]
Notes
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), lens items Lc22.
- ↑ The address in 1954 was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Minami-Inari-chō (東京都台東区南稲荷町). Source: advertisement dated March 1954 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.145.
- ↑ Advertisement dated March 1954 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.145.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.375, item 1055.
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. (Item 1055.)
- "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.
