Saburo Murakami

Biography

Saburo Murakami was a central figure in Nippon Kogaku’s prewar and early postwar photographic-lens program. Working in the company’s Optical System Research Department, he persisted with camera-lens design when military optics dominated production. Nikon credits him with the six foundational interchangeable lenses introduced from 1945 through 1949 and records how he repeatedly recalculated designs around severe postwar glass shortages, helping reestablish the company’s civilian camera business.

Sources: Nikon — NIKKOR: The Thousand and One Nights No. 34

Nippon Kogaku K.K.(3)