Showa Modern 1920s-30s Japanese Sign & Store Design headset 256 pages Soft cover

256 pages Soft cover

this definitive volume presents 115 styles from the 1920s through the 2010s in an illustrated encyclopedia format

Harmin Asao (Illustrator

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Showa Modern 1920s-30s Japanese Sign & Store Design headset 256 pages Soft coverNostalgic but new. A collection of [designs] from about 100 years ago. Signs, displays, street decorations, creative letters Over 200 valuable materials! This book introduces signboards, street decorations, and show window designs from the late Taisho and early Showa periods, the so called "Showa Modern" period, when Japanese cities underwent major transformations. With cafes, bars, fruit parlors, and western goods stores lining the streets,