A two volume set of publications published in 1954 about the Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo housed in a brown cardboard box with a printed label. The first volume, "Ginza Kaiwai," edited by artist and writer Shohachi Kimura, includes a history of Ginza with photographs, illustrations, a beautiful color wood block print by Hiroshige, detailed hand drawn aerial maps of the neighborhood and more. ... [details]
"In 1954 Japanese writer and artist Shohachi Kimura published GINZA HACCHO, with photographs by Yoshikazu Suzuki of every building on Ginza Street in Tokyo as an accordion foldout book. Twelve years later, Ed Ruscha published EVERY BUILDING ON THE SUNSET STRIP in almost exactly the same style. ... [details]
