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'''K.K. Ataka Shōkai''' (安宅商会) was a Japanese distributor active about 1940. It is only known from advertisements for the [[Olympus Six]] (originally called Semi Olympus III), where the "machinery department" (機械部) of the "Tokyo branch" (東京支店) of Ataka was mentioned as the sole distributor of the camera; the address was Marunouchi Yaesu Building (丸ノ内八重洲ビル).<REF> June 1940, December 1940 and April 1941 advertisements reproduced in Hibi, p.63 of {{KKS}} no.8. The June and December 1940 advertisements are also reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.62&ndash;3. See also [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/rollcko_l.jpg this advertisement] dated 1942 or later, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF>
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'''K.K. Ataka Shōkai''' (安宅商会) was a Japanese distributor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s. From 1939, it invested money into [[Olympus|Takachiho]], predecessor of [[Olympus]], and partly took control of the company. Its Tokyo branch became the distributor of the [[Olympus Six|Olympus Six and Super Olympus]] cameras until the end of the war; the address was Marunouchi Yaesu Building (丸ノ内八重洲ビル).<REF> Advertisements dated June 1940, December 1940 and April 1941 reproduced in Hibi, p.63 of {{KKS}} no.8, mentioning the "machinery department" (機械部) of the "Tokyo branch" (東京支店) of Ataka. The June and December 1940 advertisements are also reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.62–3. [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/rollcko_l.jpg Advertisement] dated 1942 or later, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. Advertisement on p.4 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', February 15, 1944, reproduced on p.68 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
  
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
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* Hibi Takashi (日比孝). "Nihon no supuringu kamera: Orinpasu" (日本のスプリングカメラ・オリンパス, "Japanese folding cameras: Olympus"). {{KKS008}} Pp.62&ndash;5.
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* Hibi Takashi (日比孝). "Nihon no supuringu kamera: Orinpasu" (日本のスプリングカメラ・オリンパス, "Japanese folding cameras: Olympus"). {{KKS008}} Pp.62–5.
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* Sakai Shūichi (酒井修一). "Orinpasu no rekishi" (オリンパスの歴史, "History of Olympus"). {{KKS020}} Pp.6–9.
  
 
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K.K. Ataka Shōkai (安宅商会) was a Japanese distributor active in the late 1930s and early 1940s. From 1939, it invested money into Takachiho, predecessor of Olympus, and partly took control of the company. Its Tokyo branch became the distributor of the Olympus Six and Super Olympus cameras until the end of the war; the address was Marunouchi Yaesu Building (丸ノ内八重洲ビル).[1]

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  1. Advertisements dated June 1940, December 1940 and April 1941 reproduced in Hibi, p.63 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.8, mentioning the "machinery department" (機械部) of the "Tokyo branch" (東京支店) of Ataka. The June and December 1940 advertisements are also reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.62–3. Advertisement dated 1942 or later, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura. Advertisement on p.4 of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin, February 15, 1944, reproduced on p.68 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.

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