A fascinating survival from the Taishō Democracy, a period of liberal reform and political renewal in Japan lasting from 1912 until 1926, but which ultimately culminated in a series of economic crises that plunged the nation into a severe depression.

The report by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, the oldest economic organisation in Japan, contains key financial, economic, and demographic data on city for the year 1920, including population estimates, price indexes, import and export values, average wage figures, transactions on the Tokyo Stock Exchange etc., presented in a series of 63 tables. A vital resource for students of Japanese economic history.

First edition; 8vo (21.5 x 15 cm); 63 statistical tables, text in Japanese and English, library stamp to preliminary leaf, tipped-in presentation slip; later cloth backed brown boards partially preserving original upper card wrapper on upper board; [6], vi, 203, [11]pp.