Modern Photography in Japan 1915-1940 by The Friends of Photography

(2001)

First Edition

Medium format softcover in fine condition

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Published in conjunction with an exhibit held at The Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, July 24-September 30, 2001. Foreword by Matsumoto Norihiko. Introduction by Deborah Klochko. Includes a biographical section. Another stellar piece of publishing from The Friends of Photography highlighting the work of 32 photographers born in the Meiji Period (1868-1912) whose work evolved from a pictorialist tradition to the beginning of a modernist aesthetic.

Photographers include Adachi Shotaro, Arima Mitsugi, Fuchikami Hakuyo, Fukuda Katsuji, Fukuhara Roso, Fukuhara Shinzo, Hanawa Gingo, Hanaya Kanbei, Hirai Terushichi, Honjo Koro, Iwasa Yasuo, Koishi Kiyoshi, Korai Seiji, Matsubara Juzo, Matsugi Fujio, Matsumoto Norihiko, Matsuo Saigoro, Nakayama Iwata, Nojima Yasuzo, Ohara Kenji, Sakakibara Seiyo, Sakata Minoru, Shiihara Osamu, Shiotani Teiko, Takayama Masataka, Tsusaka Jun, Udaka Kyukei, Ueda Shoji, Umesaka Ori, Yamamoto Kansuke, Yamamoto Makihiko, Yano Toshinobu, and Yasui Nakaji.