Vintage 1959 Japanese Architecture Hideto Kishida JTB HC DJ Illus Japan Tourist For Sale

Vintage 1959 Japanese Architecture Hideto Kishida JTB HC DJ Illus Japan Tourist

Color-illustrated dust jacket shows moderate to heavy shelf wear with rubbing, creases, and multiple small tears and chips along the edges and spine ends, including several small surface losses at the upper front panel and top edge of the rear panel. Tan cloth boards have light rubbing at corners and spine ends. Page edges and interior pages are lightly age toned but clean in the sections shown, with photographs and text clear and no writing or underlining on the pages photographed. Binding remains secure.

Japanese Architecture by Hideto Kishida — 1959 Japan Travel Bureau hardcover study of traditional and modern Japanese building design, in English, with dust jacket.

Title: Japanese Architecture.

Author: Prof. Hideto Kishida, D. Eng., of Tokyo University.

Publisher: Japan Travel Bureau (JTB), Tokyo.

Edition/Year: Ninth revised edition, 1959; part of the mid-century Tourist Library series, Volume 6.

Binding/Format: Hardcover in tan cloth boards with black front cover titling, issued with a color-illustrated dust jacket showing a waterside shrine.

Language: English.

Special attributes: Tourist Library Vol. 6; extensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and several color plates documenting key examples of Japanese architecture.

Country of manufacture: Printed in Japan.

Publication details: Copyright page credits Japan Travel Bureau and lists prior editions dating back to 1935; printed in Japan by Nihon Printing Co., Tokyo. Issued prior to the adoption of modern ISBN and barcode systems, so no ISBN is listed. Inner flap shows the original printed price of $2.50 outside Japan.

Content highlights: Provides an overview of Japanese architecture from ancient Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples through castles, traditional dwellings, and modern buildings. Includes numerous photographic plates of sites such as Ise's Naiku shrine, Nagoya Castle, temple halls and pagodas around Nara, and old Japanese dwelling houses, alongside explanatory text.

Structure: Published as part of JTB's Tourist Library series intended to give foreign readers concise introductions to various aspects of Japanese culture; this volume focuses on architectural history and form, with descriptive essays accompanied by captioned images and illustrative plates.

Notes: Classic mid-century Japanese architecture reference of interest to collectors of Japan Travel Bureau Tourist Library titles, students of architectural history, and enthusiasts of Japanese art, design, and photography.

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