Century of Japanese Photography

"A century of Japanese Photography" is based on the Japanese volume compiled by the Japan Photographers Association and published in 1971 by Heibonsha under the title : Nihon shashin shi, 1840-1945 [A History of Japanese photography, 1840-1945]. The Japanese names are rendered throughout in Japanese order: family name followed by given name.
CONTENTS : /
Editor's Note vii /
Ways of Seeing, Ways of Remembering: 3 / -
The Photography of Prewar Japan by John W. Dower / -
1. Dawn 21 / -
2. The Period of Enlightenment 35 / -
3. Commercial Photography 89 / -
4. Records of War, I 119 / -
5. Art Photography 145 / -
6. The Epoch of Development 175 / -
7. The Camera's Eye 261 / -
8. Advertisements and Propaganda 303 / -
9. Records of War, II 333 / -
A Bibliographical Note on the Visual : Record for Modern Japan 367 / -
List of Illustrations 373.