The Pictorial of Tokyo. - Tokyo Showa 5 (1930).

. Oblong 8vo. Lvs (iv), one folding coloured panorama of Hibiya (including the Imperial Hotel and Rokumeikan) and 62 leaves with photographic illustrations, mostly b/w but some coloured or tinted. Japanese captions above the pictures, and several have descriptions in English and Japanese below. As issued in original printed wrappers, purple ribbon, lower part of spine chipped. Front cover depicts a colour photo. An interesting historical photo document about Tokyo. The first four coloured plates are devoted to the coronation of Emperor Hirohito (Sh›wa) who reigned from 1926 to 1989. The large folding plate depicts the impressive Imperial Hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1923. Next to the hotel you will find the Rokumeikan (Deer Cry Buidling) designed by the renowned British architect Josiah Conder, a prominent Western consultant working in Japan. The building was commissioned by the Foreign Minister Inoue Kaoru, completed in 1883, and became the symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period. It was used for the housing of foreign guests and served elaborate banquets in western style. The building was demolished in 1941. The remaining photographs depict other important buildings and sites throughout Tokyo. Scarce.

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