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[PHOTOGRAPHY] KIMURA So^hachi, text SUZUKI Yoshika : GINZA KAIWAI GINZA HATCHO^

[PHOTOGRAPHY] KIMURA So^hachi, text SUZUKI Yoshikazu. GINZA KAIWAI GINZA HATCHO^. To^kyo^, To^ho^ Shobo^, Square 8vo., 2 volumes. Important and well known early postwar essay and photo-essay together. The text, embellished with woodblock prints and halftone illustrations, traces the history of the upscale Ginza shopping district, back to the beginning of the city of Edo [To^kyo^]. It was written by Kimura, a very important visual artist and essayist of the time. The photoessay is remarkably similar to Ruscha's famous EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP, which he published some 12 years later. Photographed by Suzuki Yoshikazu, I would find it hard to believe that it did not provide the inspiration for Ruscha's later work. The buildings on the Ginza frame the conceptual "road" that lies between the two sides of the street, much as the buildings on the banks frame the river in Hokusai's iconic "Sumidagawa Ryo^gan Ichiran". Complete, the text in its slipcase and both volumes enclosed in the original shipping box with title label. The endpapers of the photoessay are a bit misglued and rumpled as a consequence of that. A near fine copy of this wonderful work., Fine

[PHOTOGRAPHY] KIMURA So^hachi, text SUZUKI Yoshika : GINZA KAIWAI GINZA HATCHO^

[PHOTOGRAPHY] KIMURA Sohachi, text SUZUKI Yoshikazu. GINZA KAIWAI GINZA HATCHO. Tokyo, Toho Shobo, Square 8vo., 2 volumes. Important and well known early postwar essay and photo-essay together. The text, embellished with woodblock prints and halftone illustrations, traces the history of the upscale Ginza shopping district, back to the beginning of the city of Edo [Tokyo]. It was written by Kimura, a very important visual artist and essayist of the time. The photoessay is remarkably similar to Ruscha's famous EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP, which he published some 12 years later. Photographed by Suzuki Yoshikazu, I would find it hard to believe that it did not provide the inspiration for Ruscha's later work. The buildings on the Ginza frame the conceptual "road" that lies between the two sides of the street, much as the buildings on the banks frame the river in Hokusai's iconic "Sumidagawa Ryogan Ichiran". Complete, the text in its slipcase and both volumes enclosed in the original shipping box with title label. The photoessay volume has a bit foxing. A very good copy of this wonderful work., Very Good

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