Morita Shōkai (森田商会) was a Japanese camera maker and distributor, based in Asakusa, Tokyo, in the mid-1950s.^[1] It made the Inoca Stereo camera taking Bolta film in 1956, and the Saica, Kiku 16, Gem 16 and Halmat cameras taking 17.5mm film around 1956–7.

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1. ↑ Its address was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Asakusa Kojima-chō 1–25 (東京都台東区浅草小島町1–25). Source: advertisement dated February 1956 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.222.

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.