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MINAMI Minoru. Pictorialism / Geijutsu Shashin no Kenkyu (1921)



MINAMI Minoru. Geijutsu Shashin no Kenkyu (Study of Art Photography / Étude de la photograhie d'art). Tokyo : Ars, Taisho 10 (1921).OUT OF STOCK

Description — In-12 (17 x 13 x 2 cm), (306) p., 400 g.
Cloth binding, slipcase, (20) monochrome photographs as offset front., a few b&w illustrations. Text in Japanese. Untrimmed pages.
Reliure toile, étui, (20) photographies monochromes en frontis. offset, qqs illustrations n&b. Texte en japonais. Pages non rognées.

État / Condition — Good (slipcase: a bit rubbed, one superficial waterstain; previous owner's name on last p.).
Bon (étui un peu frotté, une mouillure superficielle ; nom d'un précédent propriétaire en dern. p.).

Remarques & avis / Review — The famous and very influential work of the Japanese photographer and critic Minoru MINAMI (1887-1948) who thus became the leader of Pictorialism (Geijustsu Shashin) in Japan — with 20 fine 'pictorialist' frontispieces that depict rural landscapes, portraits & streetshots of Japan in the 1910s.

L'ouvrage célèbre et très influent du photographe et critique japonais MINAMI Minoru (1887-1948), chef de file du Pictorialisme (Geijustsu Shashin) au Japon — avec 20 frontispices "pictorialistes" qui représentent paysages ruraux, portraits et photos de rue du Japon des années 1910.

Divers / Misc. — x

















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