Songs for Modern Japan: Popular Music and Graphic Design, 1900 to 1950

by Kendall Brown

A delightful primer on early-to-mid-20th-century Japan's fruitful fusion of music and design, as materialized in sheet music

Japanese society underwent a whirlwind of change during the first half of the 20th century, a time period marked by rapid modernization. While Western influences catalyzed an increasingly rapacious appetite for consumer goods, new sounds and mass-produced images flooded the stereos and screens of Japanese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878468978
• ISBN13: 9780878468973
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: MFA Publications
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.1"