The golden age of Japanese household appliances has never lost its luster.
The 1970s in Japan was a period when the rivalry between appliance manufacturers resulted in the unprecedented availability of an astounding variety of new products.
Featuring images of everything from audio equipment to televisions, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, telephones, digital clocks and game consoles, this catalog is a treasure-trove of visual information that recalls both the innumerable household products Japanese companies became renowned for, and the transitions then underway in the broad range of their original designs and technologies.
The golden age of Japanese household appliances has never lost its luster.
The 1970s in Japan was a period when the rivalry between appliance manufacturers resulted in the unprecedented availability of an astounding variety of new products.
Featuring images of everything from audio equipment to televisions, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, telephones, digital clocks and game consoles, this catalog is a treasure-trove of visual information that recalls both the innumerable household products Japanese companies became renowned for, and the transitions then underway in the broad range of their original designs and technologies.