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

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

Winner of Third Place in Exhibition Catalogues from the New England Museum Association 2025 Publication Awards.

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 im...