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'''Tachibana Shōkai''' (タチバナ商会)<REF> The name is consistently written タチバナ in ''katakana'' in the advertisements. It was written 橘 in {{Inquiry1943_short}}. </REF> was a Japanese camera shop in Tokyo. Its address from 1938 to 1942 was Koishikawa-ku Edogawa-chō 13 (東京小石川区江戸川町13).<REF> Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.83. </REF> The shop owner was Katō Inetarō (加藤稲太郎).<REF> Advertisement on p.11 of {{NSKT}}, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF> Tachibana made and sold a series of cameras called Pilot in the late 1930s and early 1940s.<REF> Advertisements in {{ACA}} January and September 1941, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.83, say that Tachibana was the maker and distributor of the Pilot products: パイロツト写真用品製造発売元. Tachibana is also said to be the maker of the Baby Pilot and Pilot Six in {{Inquiry1943_short}}, items 82–3 and 168–9. </REF> It was still active in 1949 as the distributor of the Pilot photographic products; its address was Bunkyō-ku Hongō Masago-chō 16 in Tokyo (東京文京区本郷真砂町16).<REF> Advertisement in {{AR}} February 1949, p.50; advertisement in {{FAR}} December 1949, p.58. See also the [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html advertisement] (at the top left) in {{AR}} December 1949 reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF>

== List of cameras ==
* [[Baby Pilot]] (3×4 folder)
* [[Pilot Six]] (6×6 folder)
* [[Japanese 3×4 and 4×4 pseudo TLR|Pilot Ref]] (3×4 pseudo TLR)
* [[Japanese 3×4 and 4×4 pseudo TLR|Pilot Ref]] (4×4 pseudo TLR)
* Pilot field camera<REF> {{SUG}}, item 1018. See also [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body6.htm#060130 this page at ksmt.com]. </REF>

== Other ==
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* Pilot Anastigmat 75/4.5 enlarging lens, sold ¥24 in 1939<REF name="NSKT Dec 39"> Advertisement on p.11 of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'', December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF>
* Pilot Hiking Pod camera clamp<REF> Advertisement on p.11 of {{NSKT}}, December 15, 1939, reproduced on p.45 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai] (at the top left) in {{AR}} December 1949, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF>
* Pilot tripod heads<REF name="NSKT Dec 39" />
* Pilot tripods<REF name="FAR May 1950"> Advertisement in {{FAR}} May 1950, p.90, reproduced in this page. </REF>
* Pilot patent rollfilm holder<REF name="FAR May 1950" />
* Pilot cassettes for 35mm film cameras<REF name="NSKT Dec 39" />
* filters<REF name="NSKT Dec 39" />

== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{AR}}. Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai in February 1949 (p.50).
* {{Showa10}}
* {{Inquiry1943}}
* {{NSKT1000}} Advertisement on p.45, corresponding to p.11 of the December 15, 1939 issue.
* {{FAR}}. Advertisements by Tachibana Shōkai in [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/2461980914/ December 1949] (p.58) and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/2770813332/ May 1950] (p.90).
* {{Zukan}}

== Links ==
In Japanese:
* [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body6.htm#060130 Congo 18cm f/4.5 lens] at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com], with mention of the Pilot field camera
* [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai] (at the top left) published in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' December 1949, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura

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