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

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 images flooded the stereos and screens of Japanese citizens.