Tōyō Shashinki-zai K.K. (東洋写真機材㈱, meaning "Oriental camera materials") was the distributor from 1947 to 1949 of the Waltax, and from 1951 to 1954 of the Airesflex. It was based in Tokyo.^[1]

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1. ↑ Its address from 1947 to 1952 was Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Kanda-Awaji-chō 2–4 (東京都千代田区神田淡路町２の４). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 113 and 215–6.

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.