Gashu - Vol. 14 (Research Exhibition Catalog) - 1922 and 1930

Tokyo: Tokyo Shashin Kenkyukai. Tokyo Photographic Research Society Research Exhibition Catalogue-VOLUME # 14-Published by Kenten Gashu, 1930-38. The Tokyo Photographic Research Society grew out of the art photography group called Yutsuzusha which had been founded in 1904. IN March 1910 they organized the first Tokyo Photographic Research Exhibition that subsequently became dubbed Kenten. This exhibition has been regarded as the first art-photography exhibition in Japan. It was on the 20th anniversary of the societies foundation that they decided to publish an official annual catalogue. It is the single most important reference to art-photography before the war. Very rare no copies in OCLC. Paperback