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'''Tsukada Shōji K.K.''' (塚田商事{{kabu}}) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo in the first half of the 1950s. It advertised the [[Tomic]] and [[Planet]] 6&times;6 folders in November 1952.<REF> Advertisement reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.174. The address was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Asakusa xxx-chō 124 (東京都台東区浅草?町124). </REF>
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== Tsukada Shōkai ==
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'''Tsukada Shōkai''' (塚田商会) was a repair shop active in Tokyo in early 1949, which advertised itself as producing coupled tele lenses in [[39mm screw lenses|Leica mount]] and tele lenses in [[Korelle]] and [[Exakta lenses|Exakta mount]].<REF> Advertisement in {{AR}} February 1949, p.48. The address was in Jinbōchō (神保町), next to the Nikkatsu-kan (日活館) movie theater. </REF> No Tsukada lens is known to have surfaced so far.
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== Tsukada Shōji ==
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'''Tsukada Shōji K.K.''' (塚田商事{{kabu}}) was a distributor based in Tokyo in the first half of the 1950s.<REF> The address was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Asakusa Kotobuki-chō 124 (東京都台東区浅草寿町124). Source: advertisements dated February 1950 to November 1952, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.145 and 174. </REF> It advertised the [[Takka and Tacker|Tacker]] subminiature camera in early 1950 and the [[Tomic]] and [[Planet]] 6×6 folders in late 1952.
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== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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* {{AR}}. Advertisement by Tsukada Shōkai in February 1949 (p.48).
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* {{ACA}}. Advertisement by Tsukada Shōji in April 1950, p.114.
 
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Latest revision as of 07:38, 8 July 2019

Two Japanese companies called Tsukada are known; it is unclear if they was related to each other.

Tsukada Shōkai

Tsukada Shōkai (塚田商会) was a repair shop active in Tokyo in early 1949, which advertised itself as producing coupled tele lenses in Leica mount and tele lenses in Korelle and Exakta mount.[1] No Tsukada lens is known to have surfaced so far.

Tsukada Shōji

Tsukada Shōji K.K. (塚田商事㈱) was a distributor based in Tokyo in the first half of the 1950s.[2] It advertised the Tacker subminiature camera in early 1950 and the Tomic and Planet 6×6 folders in late 1952.

Notes

  1. Advertisement in Ars Camera February 1949, p.48. The address was in Jinbōchō (神保町), next to the Nikkatsu-kan (日活館) movie theater.
  2. The address was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Asakusa Kotobuki-chō 124 (東京都台東区浅草寿町124). Source: advertisements dated February 1950 to November 1952, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.145 and 174.

Bibliography