Japanese graphic design from the 1920s-30s...

En los años 1920 y 1930, Japón adoptó nuevas formas de diseño gráfico, en forma de ondas de cambio social que  inundaron toda la nación. Esta colección de 50 carteles, portadas de revistas y anuncios ofrecen una panorámica  a algunas de las tendencias imperantes en una sociedad transformada por el crecimiento de la industria y la tecnología moderna, la popularidad del arte y de la cultura occidental, y el surgimiento del pensamiento político de izquierda.

"Buy Domestic!" poster, 1930

Cover of "Nippon" magazine issue #1, Oct 1934

"Fuji Weekly" cover, Oct 1930

Poster for Japan's first national census, 1920  // "Health for body and country" poster, c. 1930

Grand Nagoya Festival poster by Kenkichi Sugimoto, 1933

Kyoto Grand Exposition to Commemorate the Showa Imperial Coronation, 1928

Poster design by Shujiro Shimomura, 1928

"NAPF" (Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio) magazine cover, Feb 1931

"NAPF" (Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio) magazine covers: Sep 1931 // Oct 1931

"May 1" movie poster by Hiromu Hara, 1928-1929

"Senki" magazine covers: Oct 1929 // Nov 1929

"Senki" magazine covers: May 1930 // Jan 1930

Cover of "Nippon" magazine issue #7, June 1936

Magazine ad for "Seishun Zukai" movie, 1931

"Affiches" magazine issue #2, Aug 1927  // "Affiches" magazine issue #3, Sep 1927

"The Advertising World" magazine cover, Sep 1933

Book covers: "Modern Commercial Art," 1928// "Kite" (Tako - 凧) by Takehisa Yumeji, 1926

Poster for 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan (canceled due to war), 1938

Poster for the 1940 Olympic Games in Tokyo (canceled due to WWII), 1936 (by Hiromu Hara)

"The Advertising World" magazine cover, June 1926

"Reijin" sheet music cover, 1930

"Songs of Miss Nippon" sheet music cover, 1930 // "Modern Tokyo" sheet music cover, 1929

Cover of "Nippon" magazine issue #2, Jan 1935

Poster for Shimadzu mannequin exhibition, 1935

Designs by Kurazo Murota: Poster, 1928 // Catalog cover, 1927

Poster for Tokyo Construction Fair, 1935

Cover of "Affiches" magazine issue #1, 1927

Magazine ads for movies: "Omohide Ooki Onna", 1931 // "Wakaki Hi no Kangeki," 1931

Magazine ads for movies: "Chuya Gyojoki," 1931 // "Shukujo Club," 1931

"Young Miss" (Ojo-san) movie poster, 1930

"Fuji Weekly" cover, Aug 1930

Poster for "Volga" and "College Life," 1930 // Poster for "Kriemhild’s Revenge," 1925

Nikke business clothing poster ad by Gihachiro Okayama, 1931

Nikke sports coat poster ad by Gihachiro Okayama, 1931

Nikke socks and knitwear poster ad by Gihachiro Okayama, 1932

Nikke socks and knitwear poster ad by Gihachiro Okayama, 1936

Nikke coat poster ad by Gihachiro Okayama, 1937

Nikke summer clothing poster ad by Gihachiro Okayama, 1937

Nikke socks and knitwear poster ad by Gihachiro Okayama, 1937

[Fuente: "Modernism on Paper: 
Japanese Graphic Design of the 1920s-30s", 
(published 2003)]