THE INDUSTRIAL JAPAN 1956: Special Number of the Japan Trade Monthly (No 121) by Takata, Motosabura - 1956
by Takata, Motosabura
THE INDUSTRIAL JAPAN 1956: Special Number of the Japan Trade Monthly (No 121)
by Takata, Motosabura
- Used
Tokyo: Dentsu Advertising Limited, 1956. Very good plus.. Scarce heavily illustrated special issue of Japan Trade Monthly, promoting postwar Japanese industry and production to the attendees of the Osaka 1956 International Trade Fair. This annual supplement to Dentsu's Japan Trade Monthly reports on the state of textile, chemical, foodstuff, and machine manufacturing, as well as Japan's stock exchange, banking and commerce, mass media, mining, and entertainment industries. The range of reports notably includes the fine and folk arts, with an article and woodblock print by Shiko Munakata; the vast array of brilliant technicolor '50s ads spotlight both industrial products and consumer goods by Hitachi, Seiko, Toshiba, Toyota, and others. Original pictorial cloth over cardstock wrappers. Cover design by Hachizaemon Jinno. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. One woodblock print by Shiko Munakata, facing page 26. Advertisements in color, with some tipped-in plates. Light edgewear and toning to extremities.
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- Book Condition Used - Very good plus.
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher Dentsu Advertising Limited
- Place of Publication Tokyo
- Date Published 1956
- Keywords Post-WWII,1950s,20th century,Advertising,Mid-century Modern,Japan,Technology