Kyowa Film Canlook Stereo Viewer
Japan, 1970s
This rare, orange 3D viewer from the Kyowa Film company is a colorful addition to any vintage viewer collection. The colorfully designed cards have 12 stereo pairs covering a variety of topics from baseball - Sadaharu Oh from the Yomiuri Giants, for example - to animals, landmarks, UFOs, music, and more. The cards are advanced through the viewer from top to bottom using the button on top of the viewer and the title of each view shows through a little window. The back of the cards have Kyowa Video Development, Co printed at the bottom and some have reference to Gakken, which also produced 3D viewers and content around that time (see Pan-Pet).
Primary Material: Plastic
Media Format: Printed multi-view card
Light Source: Natural light
Focus: Fixed
Interocular: Fixed
Special Canlook Japanese Tea Bowl 3D Set
We were so excited to find this leather-cased set featuring the top 100 tea bowls. It comes with a black Canlook 3D viewer, a special set of 3D cards, and a book, “Tea Ceremony Masterpieces Series 1, 100 Famous Bowls”. Gakken Ltd. produced the set.
