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The first Japanese typewriter - Invented by Kyota Sugimoto 1915 杉本 京太 , 日本の最初のタイプライター

Sugimoto received Japanese patent #27,877 in 1915, and US patent #1,245,633 in 1917.He partnered with Nihei Otani to form the Nippon Typewriter Company in May, 1917, manufacturing their first typewriters that same year. The Nippon Typewriter Co. is now part of Canon, Inc

The typewriter was selected as one of the 10 most influential patents by the Japan Patent Office.

I got excited about this machine when I was looking for the Taischokoto (Developed 1912) musical instrument. The Taishokoto is always assigned a resemblance to typewriters.

For me the roller structure is very nice, like a spaceship floating in the orbit of the mechanics.

The first Japanese Typewriter Turntable

The first Japanese Typewriter  mechanics

The first Japanese Typewriter mechanics

The first Japanese Typewriter construction

The first Japanese Typewriter construction

The first Japanese Typewriter YouTube

The first Japanese Typewriter Impression

The first Japanese Typewriter Impression

The first Japanese Typewriter Border Edges

The first Japanese Typewriter Border Edges

The first Japanese Typewriter Mesh

The first Japanese Typewriter Mesh

The first Japanese Typewriter Random Mesh colors

The first Japanese Typewriter Random Mesh colors

The first Japanese Typewriter Project Materials

The first Japanese Typewriter Project Materials

The first Japanese Typewriter UV Unwrapp Kanji Nest

The first Japanese Typewriter UV Unwrapp Kanji Nest

The first Japanese Typewriter Composition Home Office 1920

The first Japanese Typewriter Composition Home Office 1920

The first Japanese Typewriter the Hammer

The first Japanese Typewriter the Hammer