Ataka
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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).[1]
Notes
- ↑ June 1940, December 1940 and April 1941 advertisements reproduced in Hibi, p.63 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.8. The June and December 1940 advertisements are also reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.62–3. See also this advertisement dated 1942 or later, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura.
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.
- 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"). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.8, September 1986. No ISBN number. Supuringu kamera (スプリングカメラ, special issue on spring cameras). Pp.62–5.
Links
In Japanese:
- Advertisement for the Olympus Six dated between 1942 and 1945, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page of old Japanese advertisements by Toshio Inamura
