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[Tokyo 1944, Nippon Bunka Chuoh Renmei]. Blue stiff wrs., very clean, sharp bright, solid, folio, 24.8 x 34 cm., 18 double folded leaves, Japanese text, 69 items in detail,text only no plates, as issued. RARE FIRST & ONLY EDITION *** *** *** . RARE WORLD WAR II JAPANESE IMPRINT ON ARCHITECTURE & GARDENS . . AN IMPORTANT ART REFERENCE BY JAPAN'S ART HISTORIANS . . COLLABORATION ON JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE & GARDENS . . This is a fascinating and unusual art reference issued during the war by Japan's most celebrated art historians and leading scholars. Obviously the by publication of this title, and by the impressive list of authors, compilers and editors who focused on artistic rather than militaristic subjects toward the end of the war, is a kind of 'proof' that not all Japanese were war mongering! . This work is meticulous list of 69 fine examples of Japan's architecture and gardens. . This RARE World War II, imprint, don't in a Deluxe folio size leaves this cataloger with the distinct impression, that in spite of the war, Japan's art historian forge onward. Its remarkable to think, that while Japan was embroiled in an all-consuming war, these scholars had the where-with-all to produce a Deluxe work such as this. . This was issued as a 2 volume set: part 1: text, part 2: photos. It was edited by: ADACHI Yasushi, NOMA Seiroku, HARADA Jiro, SEKINO Masaru, MORI Osamu, famous art historians of the period. The photos in part 2 were done by SATO Tatsuzo, this part is NOT present, this listing is for the text volume only. Sold "as is." . *** DELUXE FOLIO EDITION: This work was issued during the most trying of Japanese times, where power, printing presses, paper and binders were under Allied pressure with daily fire-bombing of Japanese factories. Fire storms raged in most Japanese cities and industry was destroyed daily. Regardless, this work saw the light of day. It's truly remarkable it could be created, printed, bound and published during such adverse times. . *** CONDITION: This work is in excellent condition, with the original glassine dust jacket [some minor edge wear]. The binding is exceptionally clean, as issued, with tiny bit of wear to the edges, else solid, firm copy of a RARE book. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . REFERENCES: . We cannot find reference to this exact part in WorldCat however, we did find similar volumes in the same series: . Partial set cited: Masterpieces of Japanese art = Nippon Bijutsu Shuyei, vol. Vol.1: Painting, 1944. . Vol.3: Sculpture and art crafts, 1948 . *.