Harukawa Shōji (春川商事) or Harukawa Trading Co. was a Japanese company in the 1950s. It is mentioned in various sources as the distributor of the Septon Pen, a combination of a subminiature camera and a propelling pencil.^[1]

Notes Edit

1. ↑ "Harukawa Shōji": Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.18, and this page by Masaharu Saito. "Harukawa Trading Co.": Pritchard, p.151; Sugiyama, items 5134–5. McKeown, p.379, simply has "Harukawa".

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.
• McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover).
• Pritchard, Michael and St. Denny, Douglas. Spy Cameras — A century of detective and subminiature cameras. London: Classic Collection Publications, 1993. ISBN 1-874485-00-3.
• Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5.

Links Edit

In Japanese:

• Septon Pen in a page on the Stylophot by Masaharu Saito at Minomushi no heya