HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY between 1920 and 1945
I) Japanese Photography between 1920 and 1945
II) Photographers between 1920 and 1945 excluding Japanese photographers in Japan
III) Photographers appeared in annuals between 1920 and 1945
E-Mail: nakamuras4@sc.sumitomo-chem.co.jp
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).
A) List of Japanese photographers who were active between 1920 and 1945 classified in groups they were a member of
A)-II) List of Japanese photographers in alphabetical order
B) List of persons and art museums you can ask questions about Japanese photography between 1920 and 1945
C) List of most important exhibition catalogues on Japanese photography between 1920 and 1945
C)-II) Some other important exhibition catalogues in Japan
C)-III) Some important Japanese books for photography
D) Brief Chronology for Japanese modern photography from 1920 to 1945
E) Art Exhibitions in Japan which relate to Photography and/or other Visual Arts between 1920 and 1945 (after June 1998)
C)-III) Some important Japanese books for photography
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1) Nihon no Shashinka (Japanese Photographers)
2) Nihon Shashin Zenshu (The Complete History of Japanese Photography)
3) Sekai Shashin Zenshu (The Gallery of World Photography)
Nihon no Shashinka (Japanese Photographers) [Top of C)-III)]
40 volumes+1 extra volume
Edited by NAGANO Shigeichi, IIZAWA Kotaro and KINOSHITA Naoyuki
Published by IWANAMI Shoten, Publishers
1997 and being published continuously now
around 2,500 Japanese yen for each volume
Titles for each volume are as follows;
volume 1 UENO, Hikoma (1838-1904) and photographers at the end of Edo Era
volume 2 TAMOTO, Kenzo (1832-1907) and photographers in Meiji Era
*volume 3 FUKUHARA, Shinzo (1883-1948) and FUKUHARA, Roso (1892-1946)
*volume 4 NOJIMA, Yasuzo (1889-1964); ISBN: 4-00-008344-9
*volume 5 TAKAYAMA, Masataka (1895-1981) and Taisho Pictorialism (Pictorialism in Taisho Era); ISBN: 4-00-008345-7
*volume 6 FUCHIKAMI, Hakuyo (1889-1960) and The Manchurian Shashin Sakka Kyokai; ISBN: 4-00-008346-5
*volume 7 NAKAYAMA, Iwata (1895-1949); ISBN: 4-00-008347-3
*volume 8 KIMURA, Ihee (1901-1974)
*volume 9 YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
*volume 10 IRIE, Taikichi (1905-1992)
*volume 11 TABUCHI, Yukio (1905-1989)
*volume 12 HORINO, Masao (b. 1907); ISBN: 4-00-008352-X
*volume 13 WATANABE, Yoshio (b. 1907)
*volume 14 KAGEYAMA, Koyo (1907-1981)
*volume 15 KOISHI, Kiyoshi (1908-1958) and Avant-Garde Photography
*volume 16 DOMON, Ken (1909-1990)
*volume 17 KUMAGAI, Motokazu (b. 1909)
*volume 18 NATORI, Yonosuke (1910-1962); ISBN: 4-00-00-8358-9
*volume 19 KUWABARA, Kineo (b. 1913)
*volume 20 UEDA, Shoji (b. 1913)
*volume 21 HAMAYA, Hiroshi (b. 1915)-> has changed to "OTSUJI, Kiyoji" (b. 1923)
volume 22 MIDORIKAWA, Yoichi (b. 1915)
volume 23 YAMAHATA, Yosuke (1917-1966)
volume 24 CHIBA, Teisuke (1917-1965)
volume 25 HAYASHI, Tadahiko (1918-1980)
volume 26 ISHIMOTO, Yasuhiro (b. 1921)
volume 27 HAGA, Hideo (b. 1921)
volume 28 NAGANO, Shigeichi (b. 1925)
volume 29 TANUMA, Takeyoshi (b. 1929)
volume 30 TOMATSU, Shomei (b. 1930)
volume 31 NARAHARA, Ikko (b. 1931)
volume 32 HOSOE, Eiko (b. 1933)
volume 33 KAWADA, Kikuji (b. 1933)
volume 34 FUKASE, Masahisa (b. 1934)
volume 35 TAKANASHI, Yutaka (b. 1935)
volume 36 NAKAHIRA, Takuma (b. 1938)
volume 37 MORIYAMA, Daido (b. 1938)
volume 38 NAITO, Masatoshi (b. 1938)
volume 39 YAMADA, Yuji (b. 1939)
volume 40 SUDA, Issei (b. 1940)
*extra volume Brief History of Japanese Photography, 1848-1997; including essays and chronology
[* indicates that the volume relates to photography between 1920 and 1945.]
(Please note that the above English titles for each volume are not official titles the publisher has attached, but just my translations from Japanese titles.) No English traslation.
Nihon Shashin Zenshu (The Complete History of Japanese Photography) [Top of C)-III)]
12 volumes
Edited by OZAWA Kenji, KUWABARA Kineo, SHIGEMORI Koen, TANAKA Masao and NAKAI Koichi
Published by Shogakukan
1986-1988
Price for each volume: about 6,000 Japanese yen
Titles for each volume are;
volume 1 The Origins of Photography in Japan (Shashin no Makuake); ISBN: 4-09-582001-2
This volume includes no reproduction dated between 1920 and 1945.
volume 2 The Heritage of Art Photography in Japan (Geijutsu Shashin no Keifu); ISBN: 4-09-582002-0
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
ONO, Ryutaro (1885-1965)
NOJIMA, Yasuzo (1889-1964)
HIDAKA, Chotaro (1883-1926)
OHASHI, Matsutaro (dates not specified)
MASUKO, Aitaro (dates not specified)
OGAWA, Gesshu (1891-1967)
HOBO, Goro (dates not specified)
KOBAYASHI, Hidejiro (1895-1954)
SHIMADA, Itsuzan (1905-1959)
YOSHIKAWA, Tomizo (b. 1900)
KANEHARA, Sansei (b. 1904)
FURUKAWA, Narutoshi (b. 1900)
YASUMOTO, Koyo (?-1941)
HORI, Fusao (1897-1982)
TANAKA, Kikusui (dates not specified)
*URAHARA, Seiho (dates not specified)
SAKAKIBARA, Seiyo (dates not specified)
FUKUHARA, Shinzo (1883-1948)
FUKUHARA, Roso (1892-1946)
NISHIYAMA, Kiyoshi (1893-1983)
KAKEFUDA, Isao (1886-1953)
NISHIGORI, Koji (1895-1971)
SHIMAMURA, Shiyo (1903-1974)
SHIMAMURA, Hoko (1890-1944)
YOSHINO, Keiichiro (1895-1983)
MORI, Ippei (dates not specified)
KOMETANI, Koro (1887-1947)
KAJIWARA, Keibun (dates not specified)
FUKUMORI, Hakuyo (1887-1942)
UMESAKA, Ori (1900-1965)
TSURUDONO, Teruko (b. 1898)
YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
YAMAZAKI, Masuzo (1886-1967)
*TAKAHAMA, Kamesaburo (or TAKAHAMA, Kisaburo) (dates not specified)
FUCHIKAMI, Hakuyo (1889-1960)
BABA, Haccho (dates not specified)
IKEGAMI, Ishio (dates not specified)
KURODA, Rokka (dates not specified)
NISHI, Kikuji (dates not specified)
HIRAO, Keiji (dates not specified)
*IGARASHI, Tokuo (dates not specified)
FUJIMA, Keiichi (dates not specified)
TAKATA, Minayoshi (1899-1982)
FUKUDA, Katsuji (b. 1899)
MATSUO, Saigoro (dates not specified)
TSUSAKA, Jun (dates not specified)
MATSUGI, Fujio (1897-1984)
YAMAMOTO, Makihiko (1893-1985)
*FUKUI, Teijiro (or FUKUI, Sadajiro) (dates not specified)
TOKUDO, Suiho (dates not specified)
HORI, Hisashi (dates not specified)
KOSEKI, Shotaro (b. 1907)
ISOBE, Jun'ichiro (b. 1903)
SHIMADA, Yonejiro (b. 1901)
ONO, Sofu (or OONO, Sofu or OHNO, Sofu) (dates not specified)
TAKAO, Giro (dates not specified)
ARIMA, Kojo (1897-1969)
SHIOTANI, Teiko (b. 1899)
MINAMI, Minoru (1887-1948)
TAKAYAMA, Masataka (1895-1981)
WATANABE, Jun (b. 1897)
SAKURAI, Eiichi (b. 1909)
HAGIWARA, Roshu (1895-1973)
HONMA, Kaneo (b. 1908)
Harry K. SHIGETA (1887-1963)
Dr. Kyo KOIKE (1878-1947)
Kaye SHIMOJIMA (dates not specified)
SUZUKI, Rakan (1893-1964)
SHIMOZUSA, Masashi (1885-1959)
MIYATAKE, Toyo (1895-1979)
AKIYAMA, Tetsusuke (1880-1944)
WAKABAYASHI, Shunko (dates not specified)
MATSUURA, Koyo (1890?-1938)
NAGATA, Niryu (dates not specified)
MIKUNI, Shojiro (dates not specified)
MORITA, Sunao (dates not specified)
volume 3 The Modern Photography Movement in Japan (Kindai Shashin no Gunzo); ISBN: 4-09-582003-9
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
SHIIHARA, Osamu (1905-1974)
TERADA, Tamotsu (dates not specified)
HIRAI, Terushichi (1900-1970)
UEDA, Bizan (1887-1984)
KAWASAKI, Kametaro (b. 1902)
IKEMIYA, Seijiro (b. 1914)
HONJO, Koro (b. 1907)
KIMURA, Katsumasa (1899-1974)
KONO, Tetsu (1907-1984)
KOISHI, Kiyoshi (1908-1957)
HANAWA, Gingo (?-1957)
YANO, Toshinobu (dates not specified)
HATTORI, Yoshibumi (dates not specified)
MURATA, Yonetaro (1907-1943?)
KOBAYASHI, Meison (dates not specified)
ASANO, Yoichi (dates not specified)
SAMIZO, Seiko (dates not specified)
KANAZAWA, Motoo (dates not specified)
NAKAFUJI, Atsushi (1902-1965)
AMANO, Ryuichi (b. 1902)
Ei Kyu (1911-1960)
NAKAYAMA, Iwata (1895-1949)
BENITANI, Kichinosuke (1898-1946)
MATSUBARA, Juzo (1900-1962)
MIURA, Yoshitsugu (b. 1904)
HANAYA, Kanbee (or HANAYA, Kanbei) (b. 1903)
SHIMOZATO, Yoshio (dates not specified)
TAJIMA, Tsugio (b. 1903)
SAKATA, Minoru (1904-1973)
YAMAMOTO, Kansuke (b. 1914)
GOTO, Keiichiro (b. 1918)
TAKAHASHI, Wataru (1900-1944)
YOSHIZAKI, Hitori (1912-1984)
NAGATA, Isshu (b. 1903)
HASEGAWA, Saburo (1906-1957)
AOKI, Haruo (dates not specified)
IIDA, Kojiro (dates not specified)
HORINO, Masao (b. 1907)
WATANABE, Yoshio (b. 1907)
MITSUZUMI, Hiroshi (1909-1977)
NOJIMA, Yasuzo (1889-1964)
SAKUMA, Hyoe (1907-1982)
HORI, Fusao (1897-1982)
KIMURA, Ihee (or KIMURA, Ihei) (1901-1975)
KUWABARA, Kineo (b. 1913)
ABE, Yoshibumi (1913-1971)
NATORI, Yonosuke (1910-1962)
HAMAYA, Hiroshi (b. 1915)
DOMON, Ken (b. 1909)
UEDA, Shoji (b. 1913)
IMAI, Shigeru (dates not specified)
volume 4 War Photography (Sensou no Kiroku); ISBN: 4-09-582004-7
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
*YASUDA, Seiichi (dates not specified)
HAYASHI, Shigeo (b. 1918)
*HARA, Seikichi (dates not specified)
*KATAE, Sakae (dates not specified)
FUDO, Kenji (1897-1985)
*HANEDA, Mitsuzo or HADA, Mitsuzo (dates not specified)
IWAMOTO, Shigeo (dates not specified)
KOYANAGI, Tsugiichi (b. 1907)
YANAGIDA, Fumio (1909-1986)
KIKUCHI, Shunkichi (b. 1916)
MATSUMOTO, Masatoshi (1908-1975)
KAGEYAMA, Koyo (1907-1981)
SATO, Shinju (b. 1913)
DOMON, Ken (b. 1909)
OKUYAMA, Shingo (b. 1909)
UNOKI, Satoshi (b. 1910)
KUWABARA, Kineo (b. 1913)
KAWAKAMI, Kesataro (b. 1909)
SHIMIZU, Buko (b. 1913)
KIMURA, Ihee (or KIMURA, Ihei) (1901-1974)
NAKAMURA, Rikko (b. 1912)
HAYASHI, Tadahiko (b. 1918)
SEKIGUCHI, Mitsunori (1917-1945)
ISHIKAWA, Koyo (b. 1904)
BESSHO, Yahachiro (b. 1917)
FUKADA, Toshio (b. 1928)
MATSUSHIGE, Yoshito (b. 1913)
YAMAHATA, Yosuke (1917-1966)
MATSUMOTO, Eiichi (b. 1915)
WAKABAYASHI, Kunizo (b. 1916)
IIDA, Kojiro (dates not specified)
YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
volume 5 Figure and Portrait (Jinbutu to Shozo); ISBN: 4-09-582005-5
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
IGARASHI, Yoshichi (1885-1967)
KOBAYASHI, Yushi (b. 1900)
KARA, Takeshi (b. 1902)
ISHIDA, Fusajiro (1897-1975)
OGAWA, Gesshu (1891-1967)
YASUKOCHI, Jiichiro (1886-1968)
SHIBUYA, Ryukichi (b. 1907)
MIYATAKE, Toyo (1895-1979)
NOJIMA, Yasuzo (1889-1964)
FUCHIGAMI, Hakuyo (1889-1960)
TAKAYAMA, Masataka (1895-1981)
YAMAMOTO, Makihiko (1893-1985)
YOSHIKAWA, Tomizo (dates not specified)
WATANABE, Jun (b. 1897)
TAMURA, Sakae (b. 1906)
FUKUHARA, Roso (1892-1946)
ARIMA, Kojo (1897-1969)
MATSUGI, Fujio (1903-1984)
TSUSAKA, Jun (dates not specified)
DATE, Yoshio (dates not specified)
KIMURA, Sen'ichi (1891?-1938)
HORI, Fusao (1897-1982)
NAKAYAMA, Iwata (1895-1949)
TAKAHASHI, Wataru (1900-1944)
HANAWA, Gingo (?-1957)
YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
KARA, Kengo (1891-1977)
HAMAYA, Hiroshi (b. 1915)
KIMURA, Ihee (KIMURA, Ihei) (1901-1975)
DOMON, Ken (b. 1909)
ONO, Ryutaro (1885-1965)
SEKI, Umanojo (1888-1973)
KONDO, Tomio (1900-1957)
volume 6 Nude Photography (Nude Photo); ISBN: 4-09-582006-3
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
NOJIMA, Yasuzo (1889-1964)
FUCHIGAMI, Hakuyo (1889-1960)
ONO, Ryutaro (1885-1965)
TAKAYAMA, Masataka (1895-1981)
IMAIZUMI, Shuji (dates not specified)
ARIMA, Kojo (1897-1969)
FUKUDA, Katsuji (b. 1899)
OGAWA, Gesshu (1891-1967)
WATANABE, Jun (b. 1897)
TAMAMURA, Kihei (dates not specified)
MITSUMURA, Toshihiro (dates not specifies)
KOSEKI, Shotaro (b. 1907)
TAMURA, Sakae (b. 1906)
YOSHIKAWA, Tomizo (b. 1900)
YASUKOCHI, Jiichiro (1886-1968)
SHIOTANI, Teiko (b. 1899)
ISHIDA, Fusajiro (1897-1975)
KORAI, Seiji (1897-1962)
BENITANI, Kichinosuke (1898-1946)
HASHIMOTO, Yasunori (dates not specified)
YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
SHIIHARA, Osamu (1905-1974)
GOTO, Keiichiro (b. 1918)
YAMAMOTO, Kansuke (b. 1914)
HONJO, Koro (b. 1907)
KOBAYASHI, Yushi (b. 1900)
NAKAYAMA, Iwata (1895-1949)
Harry K. Shigeta (1887-1963)
SUZUKI, Shigeyoshi (dates not specified)
ITO, Eijiro (dates not specified)
CHIBA, Sen (dates not specified)
HANAYA, Kanbee (or HANAYA, Kanbei) (b. 1903)
volume 7 The Pictured City (Toshi no Kokei); ISBN: 4-09-582007-1
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
NAKAYAMA, Iwata (1895-1949)
INAGAKI, Koichi (1901-1976)
ISHIDA, Fusajiro (1897-1975)
OKUBO, Koroku (1900-1936)
UEDA, Bizan (1887-1984)
MATSUBARA, Juzo (1900-1962)
YAMAMOTO, Saburo (dates not specified)
IIDA, Kojiro (dates not specified)
KUWABARA, Kineo (b. 1913)
KIMURA, Ihee (or KIMURA, Ihei) (1901-1974)
AKIYAMA, Seiji (1905-1978)
HANAWA, Gingo (?-1957)
*KOTERA, Fujio or KODERA, Fujio (dates not specified)
HORINO, Masao (b. 1907)
WATANABE, Yoshio (b. 1907)
DOMON, Ken (b. 1909)
KOISHI, Kiyoshi (1908-1957)
IWASA, Sadao (1905-1986)
volume 8 Nature and Landscape (Shizen to Fukei); ISBN: 4-09-582008-X
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
KONDO, Tomio (1900-1957)
OGAWA, Gesshu (1891-1967)
HIDAKA, Chotaro (1883-1926)
FUKUMORI, Hakuyo (1887-1942)
FUKUHARA, Shinzo (1883-1948)
FUKUHARA, Roso (1892-1946)
YOSHINO, Keiichiro (1895-1983)
SHIMAMURA, Hoko (1890-1944)
UMESAKA, Ori (1900-1965)
SHIOTANI, Teiko (b. 1899)
ISOBE, Jun'ichiro (b. 1903)
TAKAYAMA, Masataka (1895-1981)
HONMA, Kaneo (b. 1908)
FUCHIKAMI, Hakuyo (1889-1960)
KIMURA, Ihee (or KIMURA, Ihei) (1901-1974)
OKAMOTO, Toyo (1891-1968)
KONO, Tetsu (1907-1984)
KOISHI, Kiyoshi (1908-1957)
YASUI, Nakaji (1903-1942)
HOKARI, Misuo (1891-1960)
KANMURI, Matsujiro (1883-1970)
HASEGAWA, Denjiro (1894-1976)
IIYAMA, Tatsuo (b. 1904)
TAKEDA, Hisayoshi (1883-1972)
YAMAMOTO, Makihiko (1893-1985)
HAMAYA, Hiroshi (b. 1915)
UEDA, Shoji (b. 1913)
volume 9 Culture and Tradition (Minzoku to Dento); ISBN: 4-09-582009-8
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
KUROKAWA, Suizan (1882-1956)
KAMAKURA, Yoshitaro (1898-1983)
OGAWA, Seiyo (1894-1960)
SATO, Hamajiro (1894-1950)
YONEDA, Tasaburo (b. 1912)
HASEGAWA, Denjiro (1894-1976)
DOMON, Ken (b. 1909)
SAKAMOTO, Manshichi (1900-1974)
KIMURA, Ihee (or KIMURA, Ihei) (1901-1974)
IWAI, Yukimasa (1876-1923)
KONDO, Tomio (1900-1957)
HAMAYA, Hiroshi (b. 1915)
WATANABE, Yoshio (b. 1907)
IRIE, Taikichi (b. 1905)
MIKI, Shigeru (1905-1978)
volume 10 Photojournalism (Photojournalism); ISBN: 4-09-582010-1
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
KAGEYAMA, Koyo (1907-1981)
YAMANAKA, Hiroshi (b.1907)
NAKADA, Yoshitsugu (or NAKATA, Yoshitsugu) (b. 1908)
NATORI, Yonosuke (1910-1962)
MIWA, Daizo (1910-1985)
*YAMADA, Eiji (dates not specified)
YAMAHATA, Yosuke (1917-1966)
DOMON, Ken (b. 1909)
BABA, Haccho (dates not specified)
TANAKA, Seibo (dates not specified)
*NAKATA, Shiyo (dates not specified)
HAMAYA, Hiroshi (b. 1915)
*YOSHIDA, Gijuro (dates not specified)
MIYATANI, Chokichi (1914-1949)
KOYANAGI, Tsugiichi (b. 1907)
NISHIKIORI, Kaichi (1897-1954)
OKUBO, Koroku (1900-1936)
HORINO, Masao (b. 1907)
MATSUGI, Fujio (1897-1984)
YOSHIDA, Kenkichi (1897-1982)
*ONO, Akiyoshi (or ONO, Shukichi) (dates not specified)
WATANABE, Yoshio (b. 1907)
volume 11 Advertising Photography (Commercial Photo); ISBN: 4-09-582011-X
This volume includes the reproductions of the following photographers' works (only reproductions dated between 1920 and 1945 are picked up);
KIMURA, Ihee (or KIMURA, Ihei) (1901-1974)
NATORI, Yonosuke (1910-1962)
DOMON, Ken (b. 1909)
IBUKA, Akira (1901-1978)
MATSUDA, Masashi (b. 1916)
FUJIMOTO, Shihachi (b. 1911)
SHIBUYA, Ryukichi (b. 1907)
KOISHI, Kiyoshi (1908-1957)
WATANABE, Yoshio (b. 1907)
ITO, Sachio (dated not specified)
TAMURA, Shigeru (b. 1909)
MIZOGUCHI, Munehiro (dates not specified)
* ARIIE, Heikichi (or ARIYA, Heikichi) (dates not specified)
FUCHIGAMI, Hakuyo (1889-1960)
WATANABE, Jun (b. 1897)
MATSUGI, Fujio (1903-1984)
YAMAMOTO, Makihiko (1893-1985)
NAKAYAMA, Iwata (1895-1949)
*UENO, Kosen (dates not specified)
*SHIMOTSUMI, Henzo or SHIMOZUMI, Henzo (dates not specified)
TAKAHASHI, Yoshio (dates not specified)
TOMINAGA, Ichiro (1899-1979)
MIZUNO, Masatoshi (dates not specified)
SANO, Kimihiko (dates not specified)
FUKAZAWA, Tomizo (dates not specified)
UEDA, Bizan (1887-1984)
*FURUKAWA, Masahiko (dates not specified)
NAKADA, Sadanosuke (1889-1970)
*ARAI, Izumi (dates not specified)
*WAKAYANAGI, Gitaro (or WAKAYAGI, Gitaro) (dates not specified)
SHIRAI, Shozo (dates not specified)
KANAMARU, Shigene (1900-1977)
HORINO, Masao (b. 1907)
ITO, Mohei (1898-1967)
FUKUDA, Katsuji (b. 1899)
YOSHIDA, Jun (b. 1908)
volume 12 New Wave (New Wave; including Chronology for Japanese photgoraphy); ISBN: 4-09-582012-8
This volume includes no reproduction dated between 1920 and 1945. But a chronology covers photography between 1920 and 1945.
NOTE: Titles in parentheses are Japanese titles.
This series covers Japanese photpgraphy from its bginning to the present. Some volumes might be out of stock in the publisher. The most important volume for Japanese photography between 1920 and 1945 is VOLUME 3. No English translation but each volume contains one English essay written by Jeffrey Gilbert.
Sekai Shashin Zenshu (The Gallery of World Photography) [Top of C)-III)]
12 volumes
Editor-in-Chief: Bryan Holme
Research Consultant: Weston Naef
Director of Photographic Research: Joan Morgan
Consulting Editor: Christopher Phillips
Desiner: R. D. Scudellari
Project Consultant: Koen Shigemori
Published by Shueisha
1982-1984 (1st edition), 1988-1989 (2nd edition)
Price for each volume: about 5000 Japanese yen
Titles for each volume are;
volume 1 PHOTOGRAPHY AS FINE ART (FINE ART): ISBN: 4-08-549001-X
volume 2 PORTRAITS (PORTRAIT): ISBN: 4-08-549002-8
volume 3 PHOTOJOURNALISM (PHOTOJOURNALISM): ISBN: 4-08-549003-6
volume 4 THE HUMAN FIGURE (NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY): ISBN: 4-08-549004-4
volume 5 SOCIAL COMMENTARY (DOCUMENTARY): ISBN: 4-08-549005-2
volume 6 SCIENCE (SCIENCE PHOTO): ISBN: 4-08-549006-0
volume 7 THE CITY (CITY & LIFE): ISBN: 4-08-549007-9
volume 8 THE COUNTRY (NATURE & COUNTRY): ISBN: 4-08-549008-7
volume 9 FASHION (FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY): ISBN: 4-08-549009-5
volume 10 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (19c. ANTIQUE PHOTO): ISBN: 4-08-549010-9
volume 11 ADVERTISING (COMMERCIAL PHOTO): ISBN: 4-08-549011-7
volume 12 NEW DIRECTIONS (NEW WAVE): ISBN: 4-08-549012-5
NOTE: ISBNs are those of 2nd editions. Titles in parentheses are Japanese titles.
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