Japanese Prints During the Allied Occupation 1945-1952

by Lawrence Smith

In 1945 much of urban Japan lay in ruins, the land occupied by foreign powers for the first time in the country's history. To many Japanese it seemed that everything had been lost, but in fact the nation would quickly demonstrate -- and on a much larger scale than ever before -- its ability to recover physically, economically and culturally from apparent disaster. In the visual arts, the years between 1945 and 1952 were a period of steady progress...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588860191
• ISBN13: 9781588860194
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Art Media Resources
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.