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Various titles, authors and dates from the mid-1930s to 1941. Incomplete set of 33 (there were originally 40 in the set). Monographs on all kinds of subjects of Japanese culture, from art to drama to food and gardening, published by the tourist board to generate interest in visiting Japan. All are the same size, 5x7.5 inches, soft covers. Many with full or partial original glassine dust jacket covers. Each has color illustration on the front cover, color frontispiece illustration and many additional vintage black and white images throughout; nicely illustrated. This set contains #1-17, 20, 21-28, 30, 31, and 34-38, so 33 in all. ? 1: Tea cult of Japan, by Yasunosuke Fukukita, 3rd edition, 1935. ? 2: Japanese Noh plays, by Toyoichiro Nogami. 1935. ? 3: Sakura Japanese cherry, by Manabu Miyosi. 2nd edition, 1935. ? 4: Japanese gardens by Matunosuke Tatsui, 1934. ? 5: Hiroshige and Japanese landscapes, by Yone Noguti. 1939, 3rd edition. ? 6: Japanese drama, 1936, 2nd edition. Foldout illustration. ? 7: Japanese architecture by Hideto Kisida. 1940. ? 8: What is Shinto? by Genchi Kato. 1935. ? 9: Castles in Japan by N. Orui and M. Toba. 1935. Frontispiece and title page detached. ? 10: Hot springs in Japan by Koichi Fujinami. 1936. ? 11: Floral art of Japan by Issotei Nishikawa. 1936. ? 12: Children's days in Japan by Tamotsu Iwado. 1936. ? 13: Kimono-Japanese Dress, by Kenichi Kawakatsu. 1936. ? 14: Japanese Food by Kaneko Tezuka. 1936. ? 15: Japanese Music by Katsumi Sunaga. 1936. ? 16: Judo (Jujutsu), by Jigoro Kano. 1937. ? 17: Family Life in Japan by Shunkichi Akimoto. 1937. ? 20: Floral Calendar of Japan by T. Makino and Genziro Oka. 1938. ? 21: Japanese Buddhism by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. 1938. ? 22: Odori (Japanese Dance), by Kasyo Matida. 1938. ? 23: Kabuki Drama by Syutaro Miyake. 1938. ? 24: Japanese Wood-Block Prints by S. Huzikake. 1938. ? 25: History of Japan, by Koya Nakamura. 1939. ? 26: Japanese Folk Toys, by Tekiho Nisizawa, 1939. ? 27: Japanese Game of Go, by Fukumensi Mihori. 1939. ? 28: Japanese Coiffure by R. Saito. 1939. ? 30: Japanese Postage Stamps, by Yokiti Yamamoto, 1940. Ink notation on title page. ? 31: Japan?s Ancient Amour, by Hatiro Yamagami. 1940. ? 34: Sumo ? Japanese Wrestling, by Kozo Hikoyama. 1940. ? 35: Japanese Birds by Prince Nobusuke Takatukasa. 1941 ? 36: Ainu life and Legend by Kyosuke Kindaiti, 1941 ? 37: Japanese Family Crests, by Yuzuru Okada. 1941. ? 38: Japanese Industrial Arts by Seiiti Okuda. 1941.
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