Japan Then & Now

<p>Japan over the last two and a half centuries has changed almost beyond recognition. Almost that is 'for every now and then one catches one's breath stunned by how well-preserved a place or building is creating the impression that past and present perfectly overlap.'</p><p>Much in Japan has been lost either as the result of devastating earthquakes the ravages of war ill-advised government policies or the simple progress of time. Much too has been saved both on purpose and by happenstance. Little however has not changed.</p><p>This book explores the extent of that change by juxtaposing photographs from late 19th-century Japan to those of today and tracing the history of that change in insightful and dispassionate texts.</p>