by JapanSociety
on Jul 23, 2009
A Japanese toy designer took a discarded tin can in 1945 and hammered it into the shape of a U.S. Army jeep. Just inches in length, crudely painted by hand, and powered by nothing more than an elastic band, Matsuz
Kosuge's jeep spawned a huge automotive industry--in miniature. From July 9 to August 16, 2009, Japan Society Gallery trains a spotlight on tin-toy vehicles manufactured in Japan in the decades following World War II.
