There is some information about Japanese photography between 1920 and 1945. Photography between 1920 and 1945 means photography between two World Wars, World War I and World War II, and includes "modern photography," "straight photography," and avant-garde photography (surrealism, dada, photogram, photomontage).

(to: Photographers between 1920 and 1945 excluding Japanese photographers in Japan)

C) Here are five exhibition catalogues which include many plates of Japanese photography between 1920 and 1945.
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1) The Founding and Development of Modern Photography in Japan (Nihon Kindai Shashin no Seiritsu to Tenkai)

i) title; The Founding and Development of Modern Photography in Japan
ii) author(s) or editor(s); Edited by Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
iii) publisher; Published by Tokyo Metropolitan Culture Foundation, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
iv) ISBN code; N/A
v) year of publication; 1995
vi) cover; softcover
vii) number of pages: 287
Note: Most comprehensive catalogue (more than 240 reproductions by more than 70 photographers). This catalogue also includes English translation of Japanese essay as to the brief history of Japanese modern photography between 1920 and 1945. Please see "Note2 for A)" as to the names of photographers, the reproductions of whose works are included in this catalogue.

i) title; Japanese Photography in 1930s
ii) author(s) or editor(s); Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura
iii) publisher; Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (Phone: 81-467-22-5000/Fax: 81-467-23-2464)
iv) ISBN code; N/A
v) year of publication; 1988
vi) cover; softcover
vii) number of pages: about 190
Note: Next to the above catalogue (more than 300 reproductions by more than 50 photographers). Please see "Note2 for A)" as to the names of photographers, the reproductions of whose works are included in this catalogue.

i) title; The 1920's in Japan
ii) author(s) or editor(s); Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Phone: 81-3-3823-6921/Fax: 81-3-3823-6920), Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art and The Asahi Shinbun
iii) publisher; The Asahi Shinbun (Phone: 81-3-3545-0131/Fax: 81-3-5541-8611)
iv) ISBN code; N/A
v) year of publication; 1988
vi) cover; softcover
vii) number of pages: 333
Note: Not only photography, general art information about 1920's in Japan. Including;
• NOJIMA, Yasuzo (catalogue numbers Ib-1, Ib-2, Ib-3, Ib-4, Ib-5, Ib-6, Ib-7, IIIb-23, IIIb-24, IIIb-25, IIIb-26, IIIb-27, IIIb-28, IIIb-29 and IIIb-30)
• FUKUHARA, Shinzo [Nihon Shashinkai] (catalogue numbers Ib-8, Ib-9, Ib-10 and Ib-11)
• NAKAYAMA, Iwata [Ashiya Camera Club] (catalogue numbers Ib-12, Ib-13, Ib-14, Ib-15, IIb-1, IIb-2, IIb-3, IIb-4, IIb-5, IIIb-3, IIIb-4, IIIb-5, IIIb-6, IIIb-7 and IIIb-8)
• YASUI, Nakaji [Naniwa Shashin Club/ Tanpei Shashin Club] (catalogue numbers Ib-16, Ib-17, Ib-18, Ib-19, IIb-13, IIb-14, IIb-15, IIb-16, IIb-17, IIIb-9, IIIb-10, IIIb-11, IIIb-12, IIIb-13 and IIIb-14)
• FUCHIKAMI, Hakuyo [Nihon Koga Geijutsu Kyokai/ Manchurian Shashin Sakka Kyokai] (catalogue numbers Ib-20, IIb-23, IIb-24, IIIb-1 and IIIb-2)
• UMESAKA, Ori [Naniwa Shashin Club] (catalogue numbers Ib-21 and Ib-22)
• HIDAKA, Chotaro [Aiyu Shashin Club] (catalogue numbers Ib-23 and Ib-24)
• KOMETANI, Koro [Naniwa Shashin Club] (catalogue number Ib-25)
• HANAYA, Kanbei [Ashiya Camera Club] (catalogue numbers IIb-6 and IIb-7)
• TAKAYAMA, Masataka (catalogue number IIb-8)
• WATANABE, Jun [Nihon Koga Kyokai] (catalogue number IIb-9)
• ARIMA, Kojo [Nihon Koga Kyokai] (catalogue number IIb-10)
• HANAWA, Gingo [Naniwa Shashin Club] (catalogue numbers IIb-11 and IIb-12)
• KOISHI, Kiyoshi [Naniwa Shashin Club] (catalogue numbers IIb-18 and IIb-19)
• NISHI, Kikuji [Nihon Koga Geijutsu Kyokai] (catalogue numbers IIb-20 and IIb-21)
• WATANABE, Yoshio [Shinko-Shashin Kenkyukai] (catalogue number IIb-22)
• HORINO, Masao [Shinko-Shashin Kenkyukai] (catalogue numbers IIb-25, IIb-26 and IIIb-31)
• ONCHI, Koshiro (catalogue number IIb-27)
• IIDA, Kojiro (catalogue numbers IIIb-15, IIIb-16 and IIIb-17)
• KIMURA, Ihee [Chuo Kobo/ Tohosha] (catalogue numbers IIIb-18, IIIb-19, IIIb-20, IIIb-21 and IIIb-22)
• OKUBO, Koroku (catalogue number IIIb-32)

i) title; Surrealism in Japan 1925-1945
ii) author(s) or editor(s); Nagoya City Art Museum
iii) publisher; The Executive Committee, "Surrealism in Japan 1925-1945"
iv) ISBN code; N/A
v) year of publication; 1990
vi) cover; softcover
vii) number of pages: 246
Note: mainly deals with paintings but also includes some important plates of photography

i) title; Abstract Paintings in Japan 1910-1945
ii) author(s) or editor(s); Research Committee, "Abstract Paintings in Japan 1910-1945"
Phone: 81-3-3979-3251/Fax: 81-3-3979-3252
Address: c/o Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo;
5-34-27, Akatsuka, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 175, JAPAN
Attn: Mr. Masato OZAKI
Internet Homepage of the Museum: http://www.dnp.co.jp/museum/itabashi/ita.html
E-mail: N/A
iii) publisher; The Yomiuri Shinbun (Phone: 81-3-3242-1111), The Japan Association of Art Museums
iv) ISBN code; N/A
v) year of publication; 1992
vi) cover; softcover
vii) number of pages: 225
Note: mainly deals with paintings but also includes some important plates of photography as follows;
• NAKAYAMA, Iwata [Ashiya Camera Club] (catalogue numbers 223, 224, 225 and 226)
• SAKATA, Minoru [Nagoya Photo Avant-Garde] (catalogue numbers 227, 228 and 229)
• TAJIMA, Tsugio [Nagoya Photo Avant-Garde] (catalogue number 230)
• GOTO, Keiichiro [Nagoya Photo Avant-Garde] (catalogue number 231)
• KOISHI, Kiyoshi [Naniwa Shashin Club] (catalogue number 232)
• AMANO, Ryuichi [Tanpei Shashin Club] (catalogue numbers 233, 234 and 235)
• HANAYA, Kanbei [Ashiya Camera Club] (catalogue numbers 236, 237 and 238)
• YAMAGUCHI, Masaki (catalogue number 239)
• HASEGAWA, Saburo (catalogue number 240)
• Ei-Q (SUGITA, Hideo) (catalogue numbers 241, 242 and 243)


Note1 for C): The above-mentioned catalogues 1), 2), 3) and 5) contain each photographer's biography. But unfortunately there is no English translation of the biography at all.

Note2 for C): In Japan, of course, there are some more materials on photography between 1920 and 1945 other than the above five exhibition catalogues. As to other materials, please contact people or museums listed in B) above.

i) title: Rhapsody of Modern Tokyo
ii) author(s) or editor(s): Edited by Tokyo Metropolitan Culture Foundation and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
iii) publisher: Published by Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
iv) ISBN: N/A
v) year of publication: 1993
vi) cover: softcover (paperback)
vii) number of pages: 143
viii) English translation: essay (Snapshots of the city - Photographs of Modern Tokyo by Ryuichi Kaneko) and list of exhibits; but not for bibliographies of photographers nor chronological table of history of Japanese photography between 1923 and 1942
ix) number of plates: 97 plus some reference figures of photographs
x) size: 27 cm
NOTE: based on the exhibition which has the same title as this catalogue, held between April 16, 1993 and June 8, 1993 at and organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Includes works of 6 photographers in 1930s in Tokyo;
• OKUBO, Koroku (catalogue numbers 1-23)
• MOROOKA, Koji (catalogue numbers 24-42)
• KUWABARA, Kineo (catalogue numbers 43-67)
• HAMAYA, Hiroshi (catalogue numbers 68-97)
• HORINO, Masao (only reference figures)
• WATANABE, Yoshio (only reference figures)

i) title: The Pictorial Landscape in Japanese Photography
ii) author(s) and editor(s): Edited by Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
iii) publisher: Published by Tokyo Metropolitan Culture Foundation and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
iv) ISBN: N/A
v) year of publication: 1992
vi) cover: softcover (paperback)
vii) number of pages: 140
viii) English translation: essay (The Pictorial Landscape in Japanese Photography by Ryuichi Kaneko) and list of exhibits; but not for bibliographies of photographers nor technology explanations
ix) number of plates: 105
x) size: 27 cm
NOTE: based on the exhibition which has the same title as this catalogue, held between August 28, 1992 and October 13, 1992 at and organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Includes the following 30 photographers' works between 1900 and 1945;
• KUROKAWA, Suizan (catalogue numbers 1-5)
• HIDAKA, Chotaro (catalogue numbers 6-11)
• OHASHI, Matsutaro (catalogue numbers 12-16)
• MASUKO, Aitaro (catalogue numbers 17-20)
• KOJIMA, Yusen (catalogue numbers 21 and 22)
• OGAWA, Gesshu (catalogue numbers 23 and 24)
• KOBAYASHI, Yuji (catalogue numbers 25 and 26)
• HOBO, Goro (catalogue numbers 27-29)
• SAKAI, Tokio (catalogue numbers 30-32)
• FUKUMORI, Hakuyo (catalogue numbers 33-37)
• AMEMIYA, Goroku (catalogue numbers 38-40)
• UMESAKA, Ori (catalogue numbers 41-45)
• OKUBO, Koroku (catalogue numbers 46-49)
• NISHIGORI, Koji (catalogue numbers 50-52)
• FUKUHARA, Shnzo (catalogue numbers 53-57)
• FUKUHARA, Roso (catalogue numbers 58-63)
• KUMAZAWA, Maroni (catalogue numbers 64-68)
• NISHIYAMA, Kiyoshi (catalogue numbers 69-72)
• SHIMAMURA, Hoko (catalogue numbers 73-75)
• MINAMI, Minoru (catalogue number 76)
• FUCHIKAMI, Hakuyo (catalogue numbers 77-79)
• KOJIMA, Heihachiro (catalogue numbers 80-82)
• TAKAYAMA, Masataka (catalogue numbers 83-86)
• ADACHI, Shotaro (catalogue numbers 87 and 88)
• TAKADA, Minayoshi (catalogue number 89)
• YASUMOTO, Koyo (catalogue numbers 90-92)
• YAMAMOTO, Makihiko (catalogue numbers 93 and 94)
• SHIOTANI, Teiko (catalogue numbers 95and 96)
• KOSEKI, Shotaro (catalogue numbers 97-100)
• HAGIWARA, Roshu (catalogue numbers 101 and 102)
• SAKURAI, Eiichi (catalogue numbers 103-105)

i) title: The Dipicted Utopia - Another Facet of the Japanese Modern Photography in MANCHOUKUO
ii) author(s) or editor(s): Edited by Joe TAKEBA and Noriko MIURA
iii) publisher: Published by Nagoya City Art Museum and The Mainichi Newspapers
iv) ISBN: N/A
v) year of publication: 1994
vi) cover: softcover (paperback)
vii) number of pages: about 250
viii) English translation: no English translation at all
ix) number of plates: 375 plus many reference figures of photographs
x) size: 28 cm
NOTE: based on the exhibition which has the same title as this catalogue, held between June 28, 1994 and July 17, 1994 at Nagoya City Art Museum. This exhibition was organized by Nagoya City Art Museum and The Mainichi Newspapers and planned by Joe TAKEBA (Nagoya City Art Museum) and Noriko Miura (Curatorial Assistant). Includes works of 58 photographers in MANCHOUKUO between 1928 and 1941.

i) title: Japanese Photography: Form In/Out Part 1: From Its Beginning to 1945
ii) author(s) or editor(s): Edited by Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
iii) publisher: Published by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
iv) ISBN: N/A
v) year of publication: 1996
vi) cover: softcover (paperback)
vii) number of pages: 142
viii) English translation: essay (A Brief History of Photography in Japan by Ryuichi Kaneko) and list of exhibits; but not for biographies of photographers nor glossary of technical words in photographic area
ix) number of plates: 63 plus some reference figures of photographs
x) size: 21 cm
NOTE: based on the exhibition which has the same title as this catalogue, held between April 9, 1996 and June 30, 1996 at and organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. This exhibition includes 101 works of 101 Japanese photographers and 4 works of 4 foreign photographers in Japan and 15 photographs as to which photographers are unknown. But this catalogue reproduces only 63 works out of them. This catalogue covers Japanese photography from mid 19th century to 1945.

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