JAPAN - Lot 49

JAPAN Kyoto. Éditions Tanko-Shinsha, Tokyo-Kyoto, 1963. In-4 (33 x 25 cm). First edition, in French. Published by the city of Kyoto, featuring the leading photographers of the period: Kiichi Asano, Kiyoshi Fujikawa, Hiroshi Fukawa, Katsuji Fukuda, Taïkichi Irié, Fujinobu Kato, Soseï Kuzunishi, Tatsuzo Sato, Tsunéo Suzuki, Yoshio Watanabé, Shotaro Akiyama, Hiromichi Inoué, Harumi Konishi, Toshio Taïa. Texts by Jiro Osaragi, Takéhiko Ibuki, Tatsuya Naramoto, Mitukuni Yosida, Minoru Shibata. Layout by Ikko Tanaka; French translation by Roland de la Moussaye (copy dedicated on title page by the translator). Superbly reproduced heliogravure photographs. White paperback in illustrated dust jacket.