The Darkest 9 Years of the Showa Era. The City of Zenkoji Temple Under the War

First Edition, 1975. unpaginated.

Book measures 8.75 x 12 inches. Lined covered boards in dust jacket, in cardboard slipcase with photographic image pasted down. Text in Japanese. An extraordinary book of photographs showing daily life in Nagano during the war-years. Kawakami Kesataro recorded everything that showed impact of the war on life of ordinary people, digging air-raid shelters, sending soldiers to the front, injured soldiers returning, inflation, police notices and interrogations, poignant prayer-slips affixed to Buddhist statues etc. Kawakami was a news photographer for the Shinano Daily News, a local newspaper, and thus had authority to cover even politically sensitive events. A very scarce publication.

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket which shows slight rubbing from inside of slip case. Slipcase is in Very Good condition show light wear.