By Cecil Beaton.
Published by the John Day Company in 1959.
First Edition.
Binding: Hardback (pink cloth boards and black spine with gold lettering).
Condition: VG. There is an inscription to previous owner that has been partially crossed out, and some minor rubbing to cover boards, but otherwise this book is in nice clean condition.
Beaton made his first trip to Japan in January 1959, accompanied by his friend Truman Capote. This remarkable keepsake from his visit contains written impressions, brushwork-style drawings and photographs of the sites and people of Japan. This is a large-format book and includes several folding illustrations and photographs.
The photographs he took are collected into eight sections - The Country, Kabuki Theatre, Japanese Dancers, In Streets, Sights and Shrines, Noh Plays and Bunraku Puppets, Geisha and Others, An Appendix of People.