Kankōsha (觀光社)
Kankōsha (觀光社; c. 1918 – 1955), initially named Taishō Meisho Zuesha (大正名所圖繪社), was a Japanese publisher specializing in bird's eye views of famous scenic and tourist sites in Japan, especially sketchbook mailer maps (書簡圖繪). They regularly published works by with Yoshida Hatsusaburō (吉田初三郎), a master of the genre.
AKA: 觀光社
12,000 Peaks of Mt. Kumgang.
朝鮮金剛山交通大鳥瞰圖 / [Large Bird's Eye View of Transportation to Korea's Mt. Kumgang].
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This is a striking large-format 1929 panoramic pictorial view of Mt. Kumgang, Korea, produced in the Japanese colonial period by the era's greatest view artist, Yoshida Hatsusaburō. In addition to highlighting the area's stunning natural beauty, it also reflects its appropriation by Japan as a colonial tourist site. (more details)