Saturday, June 09, 2007

Japanese tea ad, 1930s


Japanese tea ad, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.


"Best quality roasted green tea." (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".

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Friday, June 08, 2007

Shanghai, China


, originally uploaded by wandering_dune.

Japanese Beer ad, 1930s


Japanese Beer ad, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".

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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Japanese Cosmetics ad, 1930s


Japanese Cosmetics ad, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".

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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Utamaro, Silkworm Culture by Women, ca. 1794-1806

Print Depicting Women Picking Mulberry Leaves.
Image by © Christie's Images/CORBIS.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Japanese Ad, 1900-1920


Japanese Ad, 1900-1920, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".

Click image for 715 x 1000 size.

Monday, June 04, 2007

Audrey Kawasaki


Oiran-20x28.5, originally uploaded by thinkspace_gallery.