Izawa Kotaro, Kaneko Ryuichi

Complete set of Masterpieces of Japanese Photography, a lavishly produced collection of six facsimile reprints of the most historically significant pre-war Japanese photography works with a supplement book.

• Sold as a set of 7.
• Izawa Kotaro (Japanese).
• Kaneko Ryuichi (Japanese).
• Tokyo: Kokusho Kankokai, 2005-2007.
• Housed in a cardboard box and includes a leaflet with English and Japanese text by Izawa Kotaro and Kaneko Ryuichi providing scholarly background information.

Volume 1: The Photography of Nakaji Yasui (Yasui Nakaji shashin sakuhin-shu). Originally published in 1942, this volume was issued in 2005 with a limitation of 500 copies.

Volume 2: Early Summer Nerves (Shoka Shinkei) by Kiyoshi Koishi. Originally published in 1933, this volume was issued in 2005 with a limitation of 600 copies.

Volume 3: Camera Eye x Steel: Composition (Kamera me x tetsu kosei) by Masao Horino. Originally published in 1932, this volume was issued in 2005 with a limitation of 480 copies.

Volume 4: Japan Through a Leica by Ihei Kimura. Originally published in 1939, this volume was issued in 2006 with a limitation of 400 copies.

Volume 5: Tampei Photography Club: Light (Tampei shashin Club: Hikari). Originally published in 1940, this volume was issued in 2006 with a limitation of 400 copies.

Volume 6: Paris and the Seine (Paris et la Seine) by Shinzo Fukuhara. Originally published in 1922, this volume was issued in 2007 with a limitation of 300 copies.

Volume 7: Supplement – Masterpieces from Koga Magazine (Bessatus – Koga kessaku-shu). Originally published in 1932-1933, this volume was issued in 2006.