Nippon. [Japan, seen through European eyes.] – Dedication copy

Taut, Bruno.

(Hirai, Hitoshi 平居 均, transl.): Nippon. Yôroppa-jin no me de mita. ニッポン－ヨーロッパ人の眼で見た. [Japan, seen through European eyes.]

Tokyo, Meiji Shobô 1934.[5].

Portrait of Bruno Taut, one title page each in japanese and english, 186pp. and 90 plates with photo illustrations.

20,5 x 15 cm. Original cloth, with mounted orange cover label.

sold

Very nice dedication copy, dated immediately after publication.

First edition, first printing. Bruno Taut had been in Japan for barely four weeks in 1933 when he was commissioned by Meiji Shobo Verlag to write a book about his impressions. „Nippon seen through European eyes“ immediately became a bestseller in 1930s Japan. This is the extremely rare first edition, first printing.

In his diary Bruno Taut notes on 1 June 1934: „Heute ist mein Buch erschienen…. Habe eine Reihe Exemplare signiert.“