Yumeji's Kawaii 016 (楽譜表紙イラスト(3) 童謡楽譜） Sheet Music Cover (3) Children's Songs)

大正中期には、真に芸術的な近代童謡を創造するために＜童謡運動＞が発生しました。国定音楽教科書に収録された文部省唱歌が、子どもの感情からかけ離れた形式的な歌であることへの批判が背景となり、詩人の北原白秋・西條八十・野口雨情、作曲家の中山晋平・弘田龍太郎・成田為三・本居長世を中心に、＜童謡運動＞は大規模に展開され、関連の雑誌や楽譜が多数出版されるようになりました。

夢二は大正後期から昭和初期にかけて、同様の楽譜装幀にも力を注ぎます。表紙のほか、扉やカットまで細やかに心を配り、子どもの目線で楽譜デザインを手がけました。 ★★★

In the mid-Taisho period, the "Children's Song Movement" arose to create truly artistic modern children's songs. The Ministry of Education's songs included in national music textbooks were criticized for being too formal and far removed from children's emotions, and the "Children's Song Movement" was developed on a large scale, centered around poets Kitahara Hakushu, Saijo Yaso, and Noguchi Ujo, and composers Nakayama Shinpei, Hirota Ryutaro, Narita Tamezo, and Motoori Chosei, and many related magazines and sheet music were published.

From the late Taisho period to the early Showa period, Yumeji also devoted himself to the binding of similar sheet music. He paid meticulous attention to not only the covers but also the title pages and cutouts, and designed the sheet music from a child's perspective.