The Hiroshima Panels: Joint Works of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki.
Maruki Gallery, 1983. 72 leaves.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 9.75" x 9.75", displays moderate shelfwear, with mild rubbing to covers. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and bright. Illustrated with numerous color and b&w reproductions of the artwork of Hiroshima-native Iri Maruki (1901-1995) and his wife Toshi (1912-2000).  Text bilingual in Japanese and English. "After visiting Hiroshima in the wake of the atomic bombing in August 1945, they created an early trilogy as part of a series called The Hiroshima Panels. These works, 1. Ghost, 2. Fire, and 3. Water, based on the artists’ own experiences and stories recounted by family members, were first shown in 1950. When the works travelled around Japan in the early 1950s, a time when press restraints were still in effect, the pictures, some of the earliest visual documents of the horrors of the bombing, came to be a symbol of anti-nuclear and anti-war sentiment. Along with the series’ tremendous social significance, the works are unusual in that they combine Toshi’s delicate Western-style depictions of human figures with Iri’s bold Japanese-style ink-painting techniques." (Courtesy of Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art)