Publisher/朝日新聞社

Google翻訳
"Changing Japan: Seen Through The Camera" published by Asahi Shimbun in 1933. This book was published for the outside world, and as the title suggests, it is composed of photographs that capture the changing appearance of Japan as it is modernized. The life and traditional events of the common people, industry and culture, urban and rural areas (rural areas), schools and martial arts, etc. are clearly recorded, and the photographs are accompanied by English and French captions. According to "Japanese Foreign Advertising Graph Magazine" (written by Yoshiyuki Morioka), which uses this book on the cover, the photos posted were sold to overseas media for 3 yen each. Tatsuo Hoshino, who edited this book, was the person who edited this book from the beginning of Asahi Graph magazine. Under the pseudonym of Tatsuo Hoshino, he is translating the famous adventure and detective story "Arsène Lupine" written by Maurice Leblanc. Hoshino also published a book called "Fine Art Photography" in 1937, and was familiar with the prewar photography world. The photos in this book are not credited, but they may have been taken by a news photographer who belonged to the Asahi Shimbun at that time, or by a well-known prewar photographer, so it is a fun book to imagine. ..