K.K. Kaneki Shōten (㈱カネキ商店) was a Japanese company based in Nagata (長田), a ward of Kōbe (神戸). In 1940 it was the distributor of the Letix camera made by Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō;^[1] this was perhaps valid only for Kansai (the region of Ōsaka and Kōbe and more generally Western Japan).

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1. ↑ Advertisement in Asahi Camera October 1940 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.104.

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.