Publisher/神奈川県立近代美術館

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This book is the catalogue for the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art's special exhibition, "Japanese Photography: The 1930s." This volume brings together the major trends in Japanese photography from the 1930s, focusing on artists such as Kiyoshi Koishi, Nakaji Yasui, Shoji Ueda, Ei-kyu, Ihei Kimura, Koshio Kuwahara, Ken Domon, Iwata Nakayama, Kozo Nojima, Kanbei Hanaya, Hiroshi Hamaya, and Shinzo and Roso Fukuhara. The book explores the development of Japanese photography from Pictorialism to Shinko Shashin, photomontage, and realism through prints and magazine works, primarily from the museum's collection, and also includes a look at the layout of photography and graphic magazines from the period. The text, by Koshio Kuwahara and Kotaro Iizawa, includes commentary on each artist and an overall analysis of prewar Japanese photography, making it a foundational reference for subsequent research. This book allows readers to see the diversity and passion of Japanese photographic expression during the transitional period of the 1930s through both images and text.