Tokyo: Capital of Japan: Reconstruction Work (1930)
Tokyo Municipal Office, 1930. Decorative Cloth. The 1930 official municipal report documenting the completion of the 7 year rebuilding effort following the devastating eatrhquake that "struck the Kant Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshu on Saturday September 1st, 1923. It had an approximate magnitude of 8.0, with its epicenter located some 62 miles southwest of Tokyo. The earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surrounding areas of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Shizuoka, causing widespread damage throughout the Kant region". The earthquake was widely thought to have destroyed half of Tokyo and to have killed 110,000 to 140,000 people. This is a handsome, well-preserved copy of the 1930 1st edition, with the "Compliments of the Mayor of Tokyo (Zenjiro Horikiri) tab pasted in and with the Hiroshige woodcut ("Nihonbashi Bridge") tipped-in as well. Clean and Near Fine in its chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-bordering, design and titliong along the front panel and spine. Quarto, dozens of crisp black-and-white photos throughout in addition to 7 maps (all in color) complementing the text. Near Fine. Item #26067
Price: $250.00