# Postwar Japanese Poster × Shōwa Modern — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=japanese-poster+showa-modern
# Postwar Japanese Poster carries the structure. Shōwa Modern appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Postwar Japanese Poster (Style, 1950s–1990s) and its accent from Shōwa Modern (Style, 1920s–1930s). Structural cues: Bold flatness; Photography and calligraphy; Personal symbols; Precise construction. Accent cues, used sparingly: Deco crossed with nihonga; The modern girl's city; Stylized lettering; Department stores and transit. Composition: Run a central axis, fix the margins, then cut down to a few elements. Type and lettering: Tighten Japanese text into a block and divide roles between calligraphy and type. Let one material quality come from the second style: Flat color holding nihonga pigment murk, contours tightened by thin line. Mood: Exhilaration, Luxury, Rebellion, Nostalgia. Color: build on #eee8dc, #d13b31, #25231f with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Postwar Japanese Poster: Placing traditional motifs is only borrowing. Do not flatten the work into one Japanese look, and check how construction differs by designer, decade and advertised subject.
# - Shōwa Modern: Setting Deco ornament beside a kimono without the newness that city once had produces a period costume rather than a modern poster.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/japanese-poster/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/showa-modern/design.md