- Kodomo No Kuni. コドモノクニ. Vol. 16 #8 第å-«è™Ÿ. Showa 12 [1937]

1937. Kodomo No Kuni. コドモノクニ. Vol. 16 #8 第å-«è™Ÿ. Showa 12 [1937]. 昭å’Oeå��äºOeå¹´. Tokyo. Tokyosha.　第å��å-­å·». 25 x 25.5cm large-format children's full color illustrated magazine published in Japan from 1922 to 1944. Japanese text with hiragana, katakana, and furigana. This special issue focuses on "Our Rivers," exploring the theme through illustrated stories about hikers, lumberjacks, electric plants, and other topics. 11 lovely double-page images, as well as front and rear wrapper art, by painter, woodblock artist, and illustrator Hatsuyama Shigeru åˆ�山滋 (1897-1973), artist, writer and activist Murayama Tomoyoshi æ�‘山知義 (1901 - 1977) (middle image), Kimura Toshinori æoe¨æ�‘ä¿Šå¾³, Natsukawa Hachiro å¤�å·�å-«éƒŽ, and others. Contributors known throughout the artistic and literary worlds ensured that the magazine was the first of its kind. The artwork is justly famous and utterly charming. Foxing on rear wrapper. Chipping on bottom of some pages and rear wrappers. .

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