Soviet Russia cartoon and poster collection
1929 EUR 700,-
Shomu Nobori (昇 曙夢).
ソヴェートロシヤ漫画·ポスター集 / 昇曙夢編. Sovēto Roshiya manga posutāshū. (Soviet Russia cartoon and poster collection).
Tōkyō, Nanban Shobō 1929.
Title, 4, 4, (2), pages, 130 pages mostly colour illustrations, 47, (3) pages text.
23 x 15,5 cm. Original black cloth binding with original slipcase.
EUR 700
Shomu Nobori (1878 – 1958) was the pen-name of a noted translator and educator of Russian literature in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Naotaka Nobori (昇 直隆, Nobori Naotaka). He also served as a special advisor to the Japanese cabinet on Russian and Soviet issues. In 1928, he traveled to the Soviet Union on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Tolstoy, and on his return to Japan was the acknowledged Japanese expert on Soviet literature and culture. The present work documents the materials on the subject of Russian political posters and comic-like picture stories collected on this journey.
The slipcase with a slight water mark.
