手のひらにおさまる小さな箱から、数秒から数十秒の音が、ただ繰り返し流れ続ける。 操作はつまみで音を切り替え、ダイヤルで音量を変えるだけ。 それでもこの箱は、二十年ほど前から、世界の音楽家や音響マニアの心をつかんできた、「ブッダマシーン」である。

　From his pseudonym and refined painting style, one might mistakenly think he was an Edo period painter. However, Komura Settai (1887-1940) was an artist who vividly navigated the turbulent periods...

"Taisho Imagery" refers to printed images such as book designs, magazines, postcards, and posters that adorned people's lives primarily during the Taisho era (1912-1926), roughly 100 years ago, extending from...