TOURIST LIBRARY: The Complete Set Of 40 Volumes. [Bound In Original Wrappers Wit

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[Tokyo 1934-42], Board of Tourist Industry. Stiff wrs.,color paste-on each cover, many color & b.w. plates, most all very clean, solid & firm, better than average, many in glassine dust jackets. * * RARE PRE-WORLD WAR II EDITION * * . *** *** *** . . A COMPLETE SET OF 40 INDIVIDUAL MONOGRAPHS . . . ON ALL ASPECTS OF JAPAN, ART & CULTURE & SOCIETY . . . EXCELLENT PRIMARY RESOURCE BY LEADING SCHOLARS & EXPERTS . . . A FASCINATING PRE-WAR SET PUBLISHED FROM 1934-1942 . . . COMPLETE AS ISSUED, EACH UNIFORMLY BOUND . . . EACH FRONT COVER WITH A COLOR PLATE LAID DOWN . . . PUBLISHED BY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS & . . BOARD OF TOURIST INDUSTRY . . . INCLUDING MANY EXTREMELY RARE TITLES NOT FOUND ELSEWHERE . . . A CLEAN, SOLID & FIRM SET BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS . . *** THE SUBJECT & THE SET: This set was published by the Board of Tourist Industry, under the sponsorship of the Japanese Government Railways system, most all either pre-World War II, the last few published during that war. . The Japanese government, in an effort to attract foreign visitors to come and tour Japan in the mid-1930's, serially produced this group of exceptionally scholarly, accurate and beautifully illustrated monographs. . The government sought out the leading Japanese exponents and eminent scholars to introduce all aspects of Japanese art, culture, history, customs and traditions to the western world. . The results were an impressive success in publishing nicely illustrated, uniform size volumes, each nicely illustrated with color, black & white photographs, drawings and other illustrations. . *** THE COMPLETE SET OF 40 VOLUMES: The complete set consists of 40 separates monographs [each on a specific subject], all issued prior to the beginning of World War II. The last five volumes were issued at the start of that war in 1941-1942. . Many of the authors were not only famous, but eminent scholars, art historians and experts on their subjects. Most continued to write additional, more exhaustive books on their specialties after the war. . *** NOTE ON THE ROMANIZATION OF PRE-WORLD WAR II JAPANESE: The Japanese made an effort to avoid 'western culture' during the pre-World War II period, Japan abandoned the "Hepburn" method of Romanization in favor of a 'native' method. . . This turned out to be very difficult for westerners to read. After the war, Japanese returned to the 'standard' way of Romanization using the Hepburn system. . Regardless, we are following the AACR [Anglo American Cataloging Rules] by faithfully recording each book's author's name by its printed spelling as found on each title page, strange as it was ! . *** THE COMPLETE LIST OF ALL TITLES & AUTHORS: This set is seldom found complete. . 1. TEA CULT OF JAPAN. Yasunosuke Fukukita 2. JAPANESE NOH PLAYS. Toyoichiro Nogami 3. SAKURA [Japanese Cherry]. Manabu Miyosi 4. JAPANESE GARDENS. Matsunosuke Tatsui 5. HIROSHIGE & JAPANESE LANDSCAPES. Yone Noguchi 6. JAPANESE DRAMA. [Yoshio Yoshikawa] 7. JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE. Hideto Kisida 8. WHAT IS SHINTO? Genchi Kato 9. CASTLES IN JAPAN. Orui & M. Toba 10. HOT SPRINGS. Koichi Fujinami 11. FLORAL ART. Issotei Nishikawa 12. CHILDREN'S DAY. Tamotsu Iwado 13. KIMONO. Kenichi Kawakatsu 14. FOOD. Kaneko Tezuka 15. MUSIC. Katsumi Sunaga 16. ZYUDO [ZYUZYUTU] [JUDO & JUJUTSU]. Jigoro/Zigoro Kano 17. FAMILY LIFE. Shunkichi Akimoto 18. SCENERY. T. Tamura 19. EDUCATION. K. Yoshida & T. Kaigo 20. FLORAL CALENDAR. T. Makino & Genziro Oka 21. BUDDHISM. Daitsetz[u] Teitaro Suzuki 22. ODORI [Dance]. Kasyo Matida 23. KABUKI DRAMA. Syutaro Miyake 24. JAPANESE WOOD-BLOCK PRINTS. S. Huzikake 25. HISTORY. Koya Nakamura 26. FOLK-TOYS. Tekiho Nisizawa 27. GAME OF "GO." Fukumensi Mihori 28. COIFFURE. R. Saito 29. SCULPTURE. Seiroku Noma 30. POSTAGE STAMPS. Yokiti Yamamoto 31. ANCIENT ARMOUR. Hatiro Yamagami 32. ANGLING. Meizi Matuzki 33. PROVERBS. Otoo Huzii 34. SUMO. Kozo Hikoyama 35. BIRDS. Prince Nobusuke Takatukasa 36. AINU LIFE & LEGEND. Kyosuke Kindaiti 37. FAMILY.

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TOURIST LIBRARY: The Complete Set Of 40 Volumes. [Bound In Original Wrappers Wit