[PREWAR STYLE] Asahi Shinbunsha — Shu^MI No Kindai-So^
1930. [PREWAR STYLE] Asahi Shinbunsha, publisher. SHU^MI NO KINDAI-SO^. To^kyo^, Sho^wa 5 [1930]. Decorated western-style wrappers. 8vo. in size. 366pp+. Many illustrations integrated with the text. This summary of RECENT STYLE TRENDS has a multitude of essays written about everything from modern art to the maintenance of hamsters as pets. A useful and intimate guide to the lives of the western-influenced urban Japanese in the years before the turn to nativism. Near fine condition - amazing avant-garde cover patterning. .