| Shin Sakurai Asakusa no Asa (Asakusa Morning) [Bunka Shashin-shu] 1922 Rotogravure 4.5 x 6.25 in (114 x 159 mm) Charles Schwartz Ltd Courtesy of Charles Schwartz (www.cs-photo.com - #7129) LL/8734 This image is from the magazine published by the Tokyo-based photo group Shashin Bunka Kyokai. The group held regular juried exhibitions that included work by leading Japanese pictorialists of the 1920s. Top selections were published their magazine. This is plate 5 from volume 2. Sakurai was a Tokyo photographer.
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