Smart Shop Sha (スマートショップ社, Sumāto Shoppu Sha) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Ginza.^[1] It appears as the distributor of the Motoca 35 camera made by Kashiwa Seikō in an advertisement dated February 1949.^[2]

Notes Edit

1. ↑ Its address in 1949 was Tōkyō-to Chūō-ku Ginza Nishi 5-chōme 1–3 (東京都中央区銀座西五丁目一ノ三). Source: advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.201.
2. ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.201.

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.