Ueno Kiten (上野器店) was a Japanese distributor in the early 1920s. Its address in 1921 was Shitaya-ku Ueno Kōen-mae in Tokyo (東京市下谷区上野公園前).^[1]

The distributor Ueno Shōten (上野商店), which was perhaps the successor of Ueno Kiten, was active in the late 1930s and early 1940s.^[2] The shop was in Shitaya, Tokyo, in front of the Ueno Station.^[3]

Advertisement by Ueno Shōten in Asahi Camera April 1940. (Image rights)

Notes Edit

1. ↑ Advertisement in Ars Camera September 1921.
2. ↑ Ueno Shōten is cited in Kokusan kamera no rekishi on various occasions.
3. ↑ Source: advertisement in Asahi Camera April 1940, pp.A49–50.

Bibliography Edit

• Ars Camera. Advertisement by Ueno Kiten in September 1921. No page number.
• Asahi Camera. Advertisement by Ueno Shōten in April 1940, pp.A49–50.
• 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.