1957 This Is Japan Book

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This is Japan. [publisher: Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo] Softcover First Edition, 1957. 396pp. Folio in original glossy color wraps. Profusely illustrated … Read more This is Japan. [publisher: Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo] Softcover First Edition, 1957. 396pp. Folio in original glossy color wraps. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white with photographs and reproductions of artworks. Articles on art and architecture, fishing, nature, sake, crafts, fashion, kites, gardens, and traditional costume, etc. Amazing advertising throughout. Clean and tight in original wooden slipcase. Very large, heavy book in original wooden slipcase. Coast of Pearls; Caricature and Satire down the Centuries; Flowers and Snow of Matsumoto; Kosode - The Kimono of Yesterday; Buddhism in Japan; Fishing Report from Kai; Ancient Crafts of Hokuriko; Japanese Vernacular by Bernard Rudofsky; Homes of Japan by Fujishima; On Laughter by Kobayashi; etc. Very scarce publication. See less