Songs for Modern Japan
Popular Music and Graphic Design, 1900 to 1950
- 2024 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Art (Adult Nonfiction)
The years between 1900 and 1950 were a whirlwind of change in Japan, with increasing modernism, consumerism, and Western influence, alongside a revolution in sound and mass-produced images via movies and radio. Like no other objects, sheet music covers graphically embody this vortex of sights, sounds, events, and ideas. Featuring vibrant reproductions alongside essays by leading scholars, the book provides a window into Japanese society and culture during this half century of immense change.
