Yamawaki Iwao's Exhibition Design and Photo-Murals of Modern Japan at the New York World's Fair,1939

Abstract

In the New York World's Fair,1939,the Japanese Commission exhibited at both the Japanese pavilion and the Japanese section of the Hall of Nations. The theme of the former was `Ancient Japan', while that of the latter was `Modern Japan'. Architect Yamawaki Iwao was given the task of designing the `Modern Japan' exhibition.
The purpose of this presentation is to provide a detailed account of my research to date on Yamawaki's exhibition design and particularly his photo-murals.