A Japanese Artist Tours the US

[With a Camera in Europe and the US] Shashinki sagete obei e

Katsumi, Miyake

Notes: A noted Japanese watercolor artist who trained in the West describes a trip to the United States in 1924 and 1925; he also writes about a trip to Eastern Europe in 1930. On his US trip, Katsumi (1874–1954) visited Honolulu, Santa Barbara, New Orleans, and Washington DC. In addition to the sights, Katsumi also describes the Japanese exclusion policy in the US. Illustrated with small halftone photographs in the text.

6, 6, 429, [6] pages. 5-1/4 by 7-1/2 inches.

OCLC: 122745011 (Columbia), 673627827 (National Diet Library)

Edition + Condition: First edition. A very good hardcover copy, probably lacking the publisher's slipcase.

Publication: Tokyo: Arusa, 1933 (Showa 8).

Item No: #361068

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