July 18-Jan. 31
To mark the anniversary of the end of World War II, the Izu Photo Museum is showcasing a wide selection of both war and postwar photojournalism and propaganda posters. A collaboration with the Japan Camera Industry Institute, the exhibition features well-known Japanese photojournalists, including Yonosuke Natori, Ihei Kimura and Ken Domon, whose images provide a visual history of Japan from the 1930s through to the 1950s.
Four important stages of Japan are being represented: the period when Japan strove to have its national identity and modern culture internationally recognized, its propagandist efforts of the same era, World War II defeat and the Occupation, and the Cold War.
Izu Photo Museum; 347-1 Clematis no Oka, Higashino, Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka. Mishima Stn. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Sept., Oct. until 5 p.m., Nov.-Jan. until 4:30 p.m.). ¥800. Closed Wed. 055-989-8780; www.izuphoto-museum.jp
