Japan Photo Almanac

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Japan, Domei Tsushin-sha, 1941, cloth

first, VG

small folio, 9 x 12". Bound in light brown buckram cloth with Japan and 1941 in red. Approximately 250 -300 pages. Photos in B&W but many pages of ads are in color. Rear interior hinge broken otherwise fine condition. Published by The Domei Tsushin-sha. Preface by Inosuke Furono. The ninth year of this publication and it documents the buildup of Japanese industry and military and its alliance with Germany. The photos are a curious mix of traditional village life and documentary photos of the military at war in China. In English and Japanese with many pages of advertisements geared toward western tourists and business men just before the war with the USA.