Daimaru (大丸) is a Japanese department store which still exists (2009) and traces its roots back to 1711.^[1] Its Osaka store, founded in 1726 at Shinbaibashi,^[1] announced the Baika 3×4cm camera with focal plane shutter in 1937.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daimaru company history.

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.

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In Japanese:

• Company history at the Daimaru official website
• History of the Kobe branch Daimaru Shashinshitsu by Yasui Yūjirō (安井裕二郎) at Kobe Motomachi