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'''Tokiwa Kōgaku Kōgyō Yūgen-gaisha''' (常盤光学工業有限会社) was a Japanese company. Its name appears in 1942 and 1943 advertisements for the [[Zeitax|Zeitax II and III]].<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki22.jpg Advertisement dated 1942], reproduced in a [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm page of prewar and wartime advertisements for Japanese cameras] at the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website], and advertisement dated February 1943, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;73. </REF> It was based in Tokyo.<REF> Its address was Tōkyō-shi Toshima-ku Ikebukuro 1, 606 (東京市豊島区池袋1の606). </REF> There is perhaps a relationship with [[Condor Camera|Motodori and Nissan Kōgaku]], see the discussion in the [[Zeitax]] page.
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'''Tokiwa Kōgaku Kōgyō Yūgen-gaisha''' (常盤光学工業有限会社) was a Japanese company. <REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki22.jpg Advertisement] dated September 1942, reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website], and advertisement dated February 1943, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;73. </REF> It was based in Tokyo, Toshima and its name appears in 1942 and 1943 advertisements for the [[Zeitax|Zeitax II and III]].<REF> Its address was Tōkyō-shi Toshima-ku Ikebukuro 1&ndash;606 (東京市豊島区池袋1の606). Source: [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki22.jpg advertisement] dated September 1942, reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website], advertisement dated February 1943, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;73, and {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. </REF> There is perhaps a relationship with [[Condor Camera|Motodori and Nissan Kōgaku]], see the discussion in the [[Zeitax]] page.
  
 
It is also said that the [[Tokiwa Hand]] was made by [[Petri|Kuribayashi]] for Tokiwa Kōgaku.<REF> Baird, pp.&nbsp;15 and 57; McKeown, p.&nbsp;576. </REF>
 
It is also said that the [[Tokiwa Hand]] was made by [[Petri|Kuribayashi]] for Tokiwa Kōgaku.<REF> Baird, pp.&nbsp;15 and 57; McKeown, p.&nbsp;576. </REF>
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Revision as of 11:19, 12 February 2007

Tokiwa Kōgaku Kōgyō Yūgen-gaisha (常盤光学工業有限会社) was a Japanese company. [1] It was based in Tokyo, Toshima and its name appears in 1942 and 1943 advertisements for the Zeitax II and III.[2] There is perhaps a relationship with Motodori and Nissan Kōgaku, see the discussion in the Zeitax page.

It is also said that the Tokiwa Hand was made by Kuribayashi for Tokiwa Kōgaku.[3]

It is unknown if this company is related with Tokiwa Seiki who made the First Six and Firstflex cameras. A company called K.K. Tokiwa Kōgaku (㈱ときわ光学) exists today (2007) but it was founded in 1956.[4]

Notes

  1. Advertisement dated September 1942, reproduced in the Gochamaze website, and advertisement dated February 1943, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 73.
  2. Its address was Tōkyō-shi Toshima-ku Ikebukuro 1–606 (東京市豊島区池袋1の606). Source: advertisement dated September 1942, reproduced in the Gochamaze website, advertisement dated February 1943, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 73, and "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.
  3. Baird, pp. 15 and 57; McKeown, p. 576.
  4. See its official website.

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