Young Manchoukuo in Pictures 1938

Young Manchoukuo in Pictures [Manciu-Cuo vigoroso nei fotografi / Die Junge Mandschurei in Bildern / Young Manchoukuo in Pictures]. Hsinking (Changchun): Government of the Empire of Manchukuo, 1938.

4to. Approximately 100 full-page photogravure plates, many printed one to a page, with trilingual captions (Japanese, English, German and Italian), preceded by multilingual foreword. Original pictorial wrappers. Non-orginal black tape on spine, else very good condition.

A striking and uncommon official photographic survey of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo, issued six years after its establishment. Rather than focusing solely on political propaganda, the volume presents a carefully curated visual narrative of modern nation-building through photography.