Ako Shōkai was a Japanese company that sold a 4.5×6 folder in 1941–2 under the names Semi Ace, Semi Ako and Semi Metax. In the advertisements,^[1] Ako Shōkai was written AKO商會 in old writing, with uppercase letters. Its address at the time was Tōkyō, Kanda, Iwamoto-chō 18 (東京・神田・岩本町十八).

4.5×6 folders Edit

• Semi Ace
• Semi Ako
• Semi Metax

Notes Edit

1. ↑ Advertisements dated December 1941 and March 1942 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 58, 60 and 99.

Bibliography Edit

• 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. Items 3, 28 and 284.