Japanese/Chinese interest- Japanese propaganda book celebrat...

Hammer

£80

Japanese/Chinese interest- Japanese propaganda book celebrating the invasion of Manchuria. 'Manchukuo and Manchuria / Shanghai Important History.' Heavily illustrated with photographs which are described in English and Japanese. Front cover and title page solely in Japanese. pp.222 gilt edging. An important Japanese propoganda book that celebrates Japan's actions in the Manchurian conflict, the conflict that eventually led to the Japanese-Sino war. Heavily illustrated with photographs of Japan, China and Manchuria. An important book that will shed light on to how photographs were used as propaganda that Japan acted appropriately during the conflict. The book chronologically details the events and aftermath so is likely to be c.1932/33.