Book
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Name: Book
Date: 1936
Description: Saturday, 16 September 2006 Shinto And Its Architecture Aisaburo Akiyama 1936 1st shinto and its architecture by aisaburo akiyama softcover book in good condition except spine is missing, chip and tear to cover, one print of mount fuji is missing. 126 pages. Illustrated with 11 wood block prints by kawase hasui. Also includes black and white photographs of shrines and illustrations of shrine styles. Wood blocks are titled, yasukuni shrine tokyo and its cherry blossoms, meiji shrine tokyo, kamedo shrine tokyo and its wisteria blossoms, hie shrine tokyo after a shower, hachiman shrine kamakura, the wedded rocks of futami-ga-ura near the grand shrine of ise, heian shrine kyoto, yasaka shrine kyoto, deer strolling along kasuga shrine nara, minatogawa shrine kobe, and ryobu torii of itsukushima shrine in inland sea, one print has small tear at top left corner. All prints are still intact in book. Published by japan welcome society kyoto 1936 first edition. Rear of book states price y15.00 printed in japan.