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Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s, Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003

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The content mainly focuses on graphic design for paper media from the 1920s to the 1930s. From posters of unknown authors from 1900 to 1910, covers from the Meiji and Taisho eras such as Goyo Hashiguchi (1881-1921), Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), Hisui Sugiura (1876-1965), Asahi Beer, and Shiseido, commercial posters for Shochikuza, and other designs by Kitagarasu Tada (1889-1948), Takashi Kono (1906-1999), Yoshinari Mizushima, Gihachiro Okuyama (1807-1981), and Hiroshi Hara (1903-1986).

Composition/Text: Naomichi Kawabata
Art direction: Masaaki Hiromura
Design: Yutaka Maeda
Photography: Katsu Kobayashi
Printing direction: Hiroyuki Koshu

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  • Format: Book
  • Designer/s: Yutaka Maeda
  • Year: 2003
  • Client/Publisher: Rikuyosha
  • Size: 153mm x 218mm

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Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003
Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s, Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003

 

Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003
Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s, Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003

 

Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003
Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s, Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003

 

Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003
Modernism on Paper 1920s-30s, Japanese Graphic Design, Rikuyosha, 2003
The content mainly focuses on graphic design for paper media from the 1920s to the 1930s.
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