"This scarce work is a striking piece of photographic propaganda, displaying the power and glory of the Japanese Imperial Navy during WWII. Illustrated throughout with a total of 74 mostly full-page b/w collotype images, including stunning aerial photography. The photobook is divided into two parts: the first one is concerned with naval training, while the second part deals with the unfolding course of the war, being a record of Japanese successes from Pearl Harbor, Malaya, New Guinea, and other parts of South East Asia. This is one of the very first publications to have show and extended pictorial account of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, including a number powerful and dynamic images (two of the images seen to be illustrations). Includes also numerous b/w Soviet-style photographic plates of naval guns, battleships, submarines and military planes, as well as photographs of operations in China, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, and other areas in Southeast Asia. None of the images are credited to a particular photographer, but included is work by Matsugi Fujio and (possibly) Kimura Ihei. The beginning of the section contains a finely detailed illustrated map showing Japanese naval positions and battles across the pacific theater."--Bookseller's description.