The 1920s in Japan. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Tokyo : Asahi-shinbun, 1988. — SOLD
Description — Thick / Fort 4° (28 x 23 x 3 cm), 334 p., 1,4 kg.
Pictorial softcover, color and b&w ill. and pictures. Foreword and chapter introductions in English, text in Japanese.
Broché, couv. ill., photographies et ill. couleurs et n&b. Avant-propos et introductions de chapitres en anglais, texte en japonais.
État / Condition — VG (light wear to cover edges).
TB (bords couv. lég. frottés).
Remarques & avis / Review — Catalogue of the eponymous 1988 exhibition: an excellent overview, with numerous illustrations, of Art in Japan in the 1912-1937 period.
Catalogue de l'Exposition éponyme de 1988 : un excellent paronama, avec foison d'illustrations, du Japon artistique des années 1912-1937.
Divers / Misc. — À la table / Table of contents :
I — Prelude to the 1920s : 1912-1926
Japan's avant-garde in fine arts, photography & architecture.
The journal Shirakaba — The group Fusain-kai — YOROZU Tetsugoro, KISHIDA Tyusei, SAITO Yori — Tokyo Shashin Kenkyukai — Aiyu Shashin Kurabu — Tokyo Central Station by TATSUNO Kingo — Bunri-ha Kenchiku-kai
II — Construction, Machinery, Dynamism (1923-1924)
Aesthetic energies in Japan's "Machine Age" in visual arts, urban planning, theater, dance, film and industrial design.
1923 Great Kanto Earthquake — MAVO, MURAYAMA Tomoyoshi, YANASE Masamu, OGATA Kamenosuke — Tsukiji Sho-Gekijo, HIJIKATA Yoshi — ISHII Baku — KINUGASA Teinosuke — HAMA Tokutaro — locomotives, International Style Buildings, iron & steel foundries
III — Cities, Modernism, the Masses (1924-1937)
Shadows of Japanese Society
Cities of Iron & Concrete — Watanabe Memorial House — Bunka Jutaku (modern housing) — Clothing — Sophistication in utilitarian side of traditional arts — Graphic Design, posters, billboards — Dark side in Tokyo, Osaka — MIGISHI Kotaro — HAYASHI Takeshi — Photography — Social Themes in Arts
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