Beautiful Japanese Art Deco Magazine Covers

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A couple of week ago, I sent out a newsletter that featured art deco prints from Japan in the early 20th century.

I was blown away by these beautiful prints, how they so distinctly represented the art from that era.

How lucky then, that I stumbled upon another cache of early 20th century art just a little while later. This time, the prints come from magazine Japanese magazine covers from the 20s and 30s.

Some of these covers showcase styles from the times, but a lot of them are a lot more abstract, looking more like the faces of playing cards or a painting than anything from the real world.

You can see the rest of these covers over at 50 Watts.

  • http://twitter.com/KMendenhall2 Kenneth Mendenhall

    These are fantastic! Some of the fonts are really creative. Modern typography maniacs should take notes. I especially like the green title on a couple of the covers. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the characters mean.

  • http://zoomingjapan.com/ zoomingjapan

    Some of them are really nice! Thanks for sharing them with us! ^_^

  • Mariana

    The last one is my favourite!

  • Jessica May

    I had no idea Japan also had an Art Deco period…. Really interesting thanks for sharing!

  • DAVIDPD

    I love these. It’s like Art Deco meets Edo period Block Printing. Good Stuff!

  • pierre

    well Japanese art is beautiful ever since, i know a gallery in Paris, which has nice japanese art pieces, you must check it out