1930. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE]. DAI-ICHI GINKÔ. Tokyo: Showa 5 [1930]. Western-style binding in wrappers. Includes 9 tipped-in photos of the new Dai-Ichi Bank building in Tokyo. There are 17 plates as well, and text describing the history of the bank. In addition, there is a small wrappered pamphlet describing the new... More
1934. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE]. NISHIKAWA Tomoyoshi. GENDAI JÛTAKU NO GAISÔ. Tokyo, Showa 9 [1934]. 18.9 x 13.3 cm. Western-style binding. 37 plates of domestic exteriors, followed by 135 pp of text. Very good condition in the original slipcase. More
1936. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE]. TEIKOKU GIKAI GIJIDÔ KENCHIKU NO GAIYÔ. Tokyo, Showa 11 [1936]. Large 8vo., wrappers, 120+pp. Interesting summary of the design and construction of the the new National Diet building, Heavily illustrated throughout. The Diet building, of course, was spared in the air raids at the end of the... More
1940. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] KENCHIKU GAKKAI. KENCHIKU NENKAN Shôwa 14-nenpan. Tokyo, Showa 15 [1940] 8vo., wrappers. This ARCHITECTURAL ANNUAL FOR 1939 has a few photo illustrations and much textual detail on projects completed, etc. Good. More
1941. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] KENCHIKU GAKKAI. KENCHIKU NENKAN Shôwa 15-nenpan. Tokyo, Showa 16 [1941] 8vo., wrappers. This ARCHITECTURAL ANNUAL FOR 1940 has a few photo illustrations and much textual detail on projects completed, etc. Good. More
1943. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] KENCHIKU GAKKAI. KENCHIKU NENKAN Shôwa 17-nenpan. Tokyo, Showa 18 [1943] 8vo., wrappers. This ARCHITECTURAL ANNUAL FOR 1942 has a few photo illustrations and much textual detail on projects completed, etc. Good. More
1926. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. BEIKOKU TOSHOKAN KENCHIKU. Tokyo: Kyoyosha, Showa 3 [1928], 2nd printing. Originally published in 1926. Small portfolio in tied covers, 19 x 13 cm., enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 numbered photographic plates illustrating "American Library Architecture". Interesting display of contemporary design. Very good condition overall. More
1918. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. KAIDAN Tokyo: Koyosha, Taisho 7 [1918]. The first printing, "hors commerce". Small portfolio in tied covers, 19 x 13 cm., enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 numbered photographic plates illustrating staircases. Interesting display of interior design. Very good condition overall. More
1918. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. KAIDAN Tokyo: Kyoyosha, Taisho 10 [1918]. The first printing, "hors commerce". Small portfolio in tied covers, 19 x 13 cm., enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 photographic plates illustrating staircases. The first series. Interesting display of interior design. Very good condition overall. More
1921. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. KAIDAN I Tokyo: Koyosha, Taisho 10 [1921], the fifth printing. First published in 1918. Small portfolio in tied covers, 19 x 13 cm., enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 photographic plates illustrating staircases, the first series. Interesting display of interior design. Portfolio is split, but contents in Very good condition. More
1921. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. KAIDAN II Tokyo: Koyosha, Taisho 10 [1921], the 1st printing. Small portfolio in tied covers, 19 x 13 cm., enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 photographic plates, numbered 51-100, illustrating staircases, the second series. Interesting display of interior design. Portfolio is split at one... More
1934. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kenchiku Shashin Ruishu. SHINKÔ NIHON NO JÛTAKU. Tokyo, Koyosha, Showa 9 [1934] 1st printing. Spiral bound, 19.2 x 15.9 cm, 50 plates of "MODERN JAPANESE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE". Mostly interior details in an internationalist-influenced style. Very good condition, complete in the original slipcase. Quite unusual. More
1917. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû. SHINSHITSU TO KESHÔSHITSU Tokyo: Kôyôsha, Taisho 6 [1917]. Small portfolio in tied covers, 19 x 13 cm., enclosing a preliminary sheet and 50 numbered photographic plates illustrating bedrooms and dressing rooms. Interesting display of interior design. One hinge of the portfolio is weak, but... More
1922. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] KOJIMA Eikichi, editor. JÛTAKU. Tokyo, Taisho 11 [1922]. Small portfolio, 22.5 x 16 cm, of 45 plates (one in color), enclosed in a cardboard publisher's case. An epitome of contemporary housing styles, mostly from Europe and the USA. Interesting view of world architectural trends from a Japanese... More
1924. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kôyôsha. Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû KINDAI SÔSHOKU ISHÔ ZUAN Tokyo, Taisho 12 [1923]. An interesting small, 19.1 x 13.3 cm, portfolio from the Illustrated Architecture series, this one on design motives and decorative elements with a heavy Deco influence. The ties of the little portfolio are missing, else... More
1922. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kôyôsha, publisher. Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû BESSÔ KENCHIKU Maki Ichi. Tokyo: Taisho 11 [1922]. 1st printing. Small, 19.3 x 13.2 cm portfolio, tied, with weak hinges. 50 numbered plates of photos and floor plans of "country houses" from abroad. Very good and complete copy of this, the first... More
1921. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Kyôyôsha, publisher. Kenchiku Shashin Ruishû KAGU Maki Ni. Tokyo: Taisho 9 [1921]. Originally printed in 1918, this is the 5th printing. Small, 19.1 x 13.2 cm portfolio covers, tied. 50 numbered plates of photos of contemporary, often Deco, furniture styles from around the world. Very good and... More
1930. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] Ôbayashi Gumi. TOKYO GEKIJO. Osaka, Showa 5 [1930]. Large 8vo., wrappers, illustrated with photos throughout, along with many plans. A visual and textual discussion of Shochiku's TOKYO THEATRE, a large Western-style building designed for the performance of Kabuki, one of several Kabuki theatres in Tokyo which provided... More
1925. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] TAKANASHI Yûtarô, editor. FUREEDORIHHI CHÔSHA TO ESSEN-SHI CHÔSHA BOODE-SHI SAKU. Tokyo: Kyôyôsha, Taisho 14 [1925]. Tied portfolio of 20 photographic plates, 26 x 19 cm, illustrating Ernst Boede's government buildings in Friedrich and Essen City, built in the early 1920's. Complete and very good... More
1934. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE] TAKASUGI Mikitarô, editor. JÛTAKU KENCHIKU Kenshô Sekkei Zuanshû. Tokyo, Kenchiku Gakkai, Showa 9 [1934]. 8vo., printed wrappers. This book of award-winning designs for domestic architecture has forty plus pages of designs and projections. Very good condition. More