The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in Tokyo and Yokohama. (An official Report)

SAKATANI, Yoshio (introduction by) (Compiled By the Bureau of Reconstruction Home Office, and the Tokyo Institute for Municipal Research)

Published by Bureau of Reconstruction Home Office Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 1929

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orig. cloth. Title in gilt lettering on spine, with 2 narrow gilt borders at spine-ends. (vi), (ix), [1](list of maps, verso blank), 219pp. ills. on plates, many text-ills, facsim. of the original imperial edict on reconstruction on [4]pp. with tissue-guards, many tables in text and full-p. mainly at end, 6 large fold. maps and plans at end of volume, with loosely inserted the complimentary card of Nozomu Nakagawa, Director of the Bureau of Reconstruction, Home Office, Imperial Japanese Government. A complete official report of the reconstruction of Tokyo & Yokohama, stricken by an earthquate 1st September 1923. It was a gigantic work, unparalleled in the history of city planning of the world. The report does not only supply vas information on the technical side of the reconstruction-work but also on the financing of the undertaking by foreign aid from the U.S.A.(US.dollar loan), England, private & commercial reconstruction expenditures, state of payment of business tax, number of factories and workers, economic condition in general, foreign trade, state of the Circulation of Money, Deposits in and Advances by the Bank of Japan. Complete and attractive copy of this rare and important work. Seller Inventory # 003480

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Outline of the Reconstruction Work in ...

Publisher: Bureau of Reconstruction Home Office Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Publication Date: 1929

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition