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| − | '''Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho''' (山本写真機工作所) is a Japanese company that made cameras before World War II, among them the [[Semi Kinka]], a 4.5×6 folder, copy of the [[Nettar]]. Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō, Kanda, Ogawa-chō 2 (東京・神田・小川町二)<REF> {{Showa10ad|Semi Kinka|68|November 1937|Asahi Camera}} </REF>. | + | '''Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho''' (山本写真機工作所) is a Japanese company that made cameras before World War II. It made a series of cameras called Kinka,<REF> The name Kinka is sometimes written 錦華, that roughly means "imperial flower". </REF> among them the [[Semi Kinka]], a 4.5×6 folder, copy of the [[Nettar]]. Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō, Kanda, Ogawa-chō 2 (東京・神田・小川町二)<REF> {{Showa10ad|Semi Kinka|68|November 1937|Asahi Camera}} </REF>. |
It was maybe related to the distributor Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop), which sold a 6.5×9 folding plate camera called Weha Light around 1930, the [[Weha Chrome Six]] from 1937 and was an authorized dealer of the [[Wester folders|Wester or Semi Wester]] 4.5×6 folder by [[Nishida]]. | It was maybe related to the distributor Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop), which sold a 6.5×9 folding plate camera called Weha Light around 1930, the [[Weha Chrome Six]] from 1937 and was an authorized dealer of the [[Wester folders|Wester or Semi Wester]] 4.5×6 folder by [[Nishida]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 19 July 2006
Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho (山本写真機工作所) is a Japanese company that made cameras before World War II. It made a series of cameras called Kinka,[1] among them the Semi Kinka, a 4.5×6 folder, copy of the Nettar. Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō, Kanda, Ogawa-chō 2 (東京・神田・小川町二)[2].
It was maybe related to the distributor Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop), which sold a 6.5×9 folding plate camera called Weha Light around 1930, the Weha Chrome Six from 1937 and was an authorized dealer of the Wester or Semi Wester 4.5×6 folder by Nishida.
Notes
- ↑ The name Kinka is sometimes written 錦華, that roughly means "imperial flower".
- ↑ Advertisement for the Semi Kinka, published in the November 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 68.
