Shimooka Renjo: Pioneer Of Japanese Photography (Japanese and English Edition) Tapa dura - 2014

Kokusho Kanko Kai, 2014. Hardcover. New. 234 pages. Japanese language. 10.31x7.48x1.10 inches.

Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2014. Hard cover with dust jacket, 233 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition "A Retrospective on Shimooka Renjo, 100 years after his death" held in 2014 at the Tokyo Museum of Photography and the Sizuoka Prefectural Art Museum. Text in Japanese and English. Profusely illustrated with Shimooka Renjo's photographs and paintings in the text as well as close to 90 plates. Includes essays on Shimooka Renjo's life and art, both as a photographer and painter. Shimooka Renjo (1823-1914) is credited with introducing photography and photographic techniques to Japan. His photographic images have both documentary and artistic value. A list of works in English laid in, as well as a small poster from the exhibition Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Shimooka Renjo. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.