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| − | '''Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho''' (山本写真機工作所) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo before World War II.<REF> Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō-shi Kanda-ku Ogawa-chō 2, 14, Hijiribashi-dōri (東京市神田区小川町二ノ十四聖橋通). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 67. </REF> It made a series of cameras called Kinka (written 錦華 and roughly meaning "imperial flower"). | + | '''Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho''' (山本写真機工作所) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo before World War II.<REF> Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō-shi Kanda-ku Ogawa-chō 2, 14, Hijiribashi-dōri (東京市神田区小川町二ノ十四聖橋通). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 67. </REF> It made a series of cameras called Kinka (written 錦華 and roughly meaning "imperial flower"). At least one original document attributes the Semi Kinka to "Yamamoto Kōgyōsho" (山本工業所), perhaps an alternative name of the company.<REF> {{Kakaku1141_short}}, type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7B. </REF> |
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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* {{Lewis}} Pp. 47–8, brief mention of the Kinka and Eliott. | * {{Lewis}} Pp. 47–8, brief mention of the Kinka and Eliott. | ||
Revision as of 14:50, 2 July 2007
Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho (山本写真機工作所) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo before World War II.[1] It made a series of cameras called Kinka (written 錦華 and roughly meaning "imperial flower"). At least one original document attributes the Semi Kinka to "Yamamoto Kōgyōsho" (山本工業所), perhaps an alternative name of the company.[2]
See also Yamamoto Shashinki-ten, a distributor based in Osaka which is probably not related.
Contents
3×4 telescopic
4.5×6 folder
6×9 folder
6.5×9 plate folders
Notes
- ↑ Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō-shi Kanda-ku Ogawa-chō 2, 14, Hijiribashi-dōri (東京市神田区小川町二ノ十四聖橋通). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 67.
- ↑ "Kamera no kōtei kakaku kanpō happyō", November 1941, type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7B.
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.
- "Kamera no kōtei kakaku kanpō happyō" (カメラの公定価格官報発表, Official announcement of the set prices of the cameras), November 1941. Extract of a table listing Japanese camera production and setting the retail prices, reproduced in "Bebī Semi Fāsuto 'Kore ha bebī wo nanotta semi-ki da'" (ベビーセミファースト"これはベビーを名乗ったセミ機だ", Baby Semi First, 'this is a Semi camera called Baby'), an article by Furukawa Yasuo (古川保男) in Camera Collectors' News no. 277 (July 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P. 27.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). Pp. 47–8, brief mention of the Kinka and Eliott.
Links
- Plate folder, perhaps a Kinka, at the Monomono blog
