Takemoto
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Takemoto (竹本) is a fairly common Japanese family name, appearing in the name of various companies.
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Takemoto (wartime)
A Takemoto company is mentioned in the 1943 Japanese government inquiry as the maker of the Weha 75/4.5 three-element lens mounted on the Weha Six in 1943.[1]
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Takemoto Shōkai (postwar)
The company Takemoto Shōkai (竹本商会) is mentioned in Kokusan kamera no rekishi about the Wagen Six, announced in 1953–4. This was certainly the distributor of the camera.
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Notes
- ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), lens items Lc22.
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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. (Item 1055.)
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
