Tokyo: Tokyosha, 1934. A complete and original single issue of this beautiful colourprinted illustrated Japanese children’s journal which ran from 1922 to 1944. “KODOMO NO KUNI stood out in what is often called the “golden age” of Japanese children’s magazines because of its high artistic standards and the long duration of its publication.” ( McGowan, Tar M. ‘WELCOME TO THE “LAND OF CHILDREN” (KOMODO NO KUNI). It sprang from a renewed interest during the Taishō period in the creation of open spaces for the expression of children’s creativity, coupled with the work of Japanese artists returning from Europe filled with ideas gleaned from the modern art movements taking there at the time. For more on KODOMO NO KUNI, read the excellent article on the journal and its artistic contributors at WELCOME TO THE “LAND OF CHILDREN” ( KOMODO NO KUNI); by Dr. Tara M. McGowan for the Cotsen Children’s Library at https://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2019/02/kodomo-no-kuni. Uncommon. Japanese Children Go Modern. 8vo (26 x 18.8 cm); 30 unnumbered pp, including inner covers, all illustrated, many full page + 16 numbered pp. on lighter pp. with text, some illustration, printed in purple/brown.