- [Gendai Jutaku 1933-40].

Tokyo, Kokusai Kenchiku Ky kai 1941. Four volumes quarto publisher's cloth, dustwrappers and card slipcases (dustwrappers with some chips and tears. The back of the fourth volume has a large piece gone, the spine is repaired and the cloth underneath has been stained); profusely illustrated throughout with photos, plans and elevations. Some signs of use; a pretty good set. The title page to volume one was bound in upside down. ¶ First editions. Second editions appeared soon after, a testament to something that international modernism could still be celebrated so lavishly as war started in earnest. An encyclopedic survey of modernist housing over eight years that can stand proud enough alongside anything coming out of Switzerland, Germany or Italy. I'd say it's no accident the jackets and boxes are lettered to resemble film. Housing has been generously defined to include apartments and hotels. These buildings are well documented inside and out, garden to furnishings. Captions in English identify the house and architect. Architects include Taniguchi Yoshiro, Tsuchiura Kameki, Sugawara Eizo, Sato Takeo, Horiguchi Sutemi, Maekawa Kunio, and emigres and visitors like Bruno Taut and Antonin Raymond. A large section of each volume is also give over to exploring the rest of the world, from Shanghai to Los Angeles via Czechoslovakia.

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