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The
remarkable photographs in this exhibition are from a set
of 30 toned silver prints, some on textured paper. Each
6" x 8" photograph is protected by a tissue guard with
its title in Japanese and English. The prints are housed
in an elegant pawlonia wood box, carved with the
photographer's initials. Mr. Shimomura presented these
photographs to close friends and relatives upon his
return. He also exhibited his work in the Ashiya Photo
Salons of 1935, 1936 and 1937. Many years after the
photographer's death, his images were featured in the art
magazine Geijyutu Shinchou. The
photographs of Shotaro Shimomura combine the best
elements of the Pictorialist and Modernist styles current
in the 1930s. We are pleased to participate in the
rediscovery of these important works.
Shotaro
Shimomura XXI (1883-1944) was Chairman of The Daimaru
Inc., a department store chain that traces its roots to a
single store opened in Kyoto in 1717. Mr. Shimomura was
named President of the company in 1907 and toured Europe
and the United States the following year to study the
management of department stores. He took these
photographs on a subsequent trip around the world in 1934
and 1935, prior to establishing a subsidiary trading
company.
Downtown
Skyline of New York, U.S.A. Magasin
du Nord of Copenhagen, Denmark R.
H. Macy's From the Top of the Empire
State Building, New York, U.S.A. A
Small Village at the Lake of Lucerne, Switzerland Roadside
of Cairo, Egypt Pavement
at the Taj Mahal of Agra, India Grammar
School at Stratford on Avon, England On
the 57th St., New York, U.S.A.
At the Golden Gate Park of San Francisco, USA
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