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"ARS GRAPH Ginza," photographed by Japanese photographer Katsuji Fukuda (1899-1991), is a special issue of the photography magazine "ARS GRAPH" published in October 1952, documenting Ginza as a representative district of Tokyo during its post-war reconstruction period. Fukuda is known as a leading figure in Japanese modernist photography, receiving high praise in the fields of advertising photography and portraiture of women, while also exhibiting a unique aesthetic sense in his works on urban and landscape subjects. The photographs in this book capture the daily life of Ginza as it was recovering from defeat in the war, depicting department stores, shopping streets, cafes, bars, and people passing by on the streets. 1952 was also a landmark year in which Japan regained its sovereignty, and the pages of the book evoke both the memory of Ginza as a modern city before the war and the vitality of moving towards a new era. Furthermore, the book includes essays by writer Kuri Kikuoka, making it more than just a record of the city; it's also an interesting resource for understanding the urban culture and social conditions of the time. Through the perspective of one of Japan's leading postwar photographers, this is a valuable publication that conveys the spirit of Ginza, a symbol of Tokyo's reconstruction period.