Japanese cinemas and theaters of the 1920s and 1930s

劇場と映畫館 / Gekijō to eigakan

(Theaters and cinemas)

Compiled and edited by Yutaro Takanashi.

洪洋社, Tōkyō, 1937 / Kōyōsha, Tōkyō, 1937.

4 pages and 48 plates with black-and-white photographs and architectural drawings of theaters and cinemas.

19 x 16 cm. Designed as a ring binder with a hard cover.

EUR 150

This is the third volume of the tenth series of an architectural photography collection called “Kenchiku Shashin Ruijū.” The series is a well-known collection of pre-war Japanese architectural photography documenting various types of buildings such as residential houses, hospitals, and, in this case, theaters.

The cover and the first page of text have minor damage to the edges, but the plates are clean and fresh.