Shuppatsu [Departure] Fukuda Katsuji

First edition. No. 604 of a limited edition of 960 copies. 18 photographic plates and several illustrations in the text. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original boards in dust-jacket, minor staining, but overall still a very good copy. 38(text)pp. Tokyo, Kogaso, dated: Showa 17 [i.e. A curious combination of gentle female portraits and still-lives, this book seems to be a call for peace when everybody was rushing to war. There is even an image of an icon showing Christ against a brooding sky. ?Departure? in this case refers to his own photographic efforts. However, in 1942 Fukuda hints at soldiers leaving home, while focussing on those who stayed behind. In the introduction he asserts that he will take his camera along whatever the rest of his life has in stall for him. Four copies in OCLC.