Japanese Matchbox Label

japanese matchbox label, originally uploaded by maraid.

Magazine Cover, 1930s

Magazine Cover, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Click image for 1087 x 1529 size.

T. ENAMI in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE -- September 1922

T. ENAMI in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE -- September 1922, originally uploaded by Okinawa Soba.

Five Women of the Philippines, 9/20/23

Five Women of the Philippines, originally uploaded by cardboy1.

Maiko in summer kimono, 1930s

Maiko in summer kimono, 1930s, originally uploaded by tinafish_03.

Geisha Brand Crab Recipes

Geisha Brand Crab Recipes, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from "Kitchen Kitsch - Eat & Drink in America".

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Sunday Mainichi Magazine, April 15, 1930s

Sunday Mainichi Magazine, April 15, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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(Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Courtesy of Patricia of Agence Eureka blog. Merci beaucoup!

Travel Magazine, February, 1930s

Travel Magazine, February, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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(Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Courtesy of Patricia of Agence Eureka blog. Merci beaucoup!

Tsubaki Oil, 1930s

Tsubaki Oil, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Tsubaki Oil (for hair). (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Courtesy of Patricia of Agence Eureka blog. Merci beaucoup!

Hushimi, Weekly Asahi Magazine, January, 1930s

Hushimi, Weekly Asahi Magazine, January, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Weekly Asahi Magazine, January issue (still in print). Artist is Hushimi. (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Courtesy of Patricia of Agence Eureka blog. Merci beaucoup!

Pure MSG ad

Pure MSG ad, 1900s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Pure MSG flakes advertisement. (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Courtesy of Patricia of Agence Eureka blog. Merci beaucoup!

Vintage Japanese bookmarks by Junichi Nakahara 1920s

Vintage Japanese bookmarks by Junichi Nakahara 1920s, originally uploaded by madcrow.

"vintage bookmarks from Japan 1920's stiff card 143 mm

With the valuable information given to me thankfully by Gustav Klim and KEIK-T I can provide now a correct description of the bookmarks:

These bookmarks are prints by the renowned Japanese artist Junichi Nakahara (1913 - 1988) from the Kagawa prefecture. Nakahara worked as an illustrator and print maker. In the 1920s and 1930s his illustrations of young girls with big eyes were famous and he had a dominant influence during that generation. Nakahara is considered a forerunner of the manga art.

Credit is made to www.artelino.com - art auctions for Japanese and Chinese prints - where some other artwork of Nakahara can be seen.

The bookmarks show teenaged town girls from the Edo era. The inscriptions on the images read:
- Snowy night
- Dream comes true
- Fragrance of the chrysanthemum

Courtesy of The Art of Bookmark - Bookmark Exhibition"
http://www.miragebookmark.ch/be_0_exhibition.htm

Hashiguchi Goyo, Young Woman in a Summer Kimono, 1920

Hashiguchi Goyo, Young Woman in a Summer Kimono, 1920, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Image by © Christie's Images/CORBIS

Hashiguchi Goyo, Tsuru Nakatani as a Young Beauty in a Gauze Robe, 1920

Hashiguchi Goyo, Tsuru Nakatani as a Young Beauty in a Gauze Robe, 1920, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Image by © Christie's Images/CORBIS