Friday, September 17, 2010

Kikkoshou soy sauce, 1940s


Japanese Cosmetics ad, 1940s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Click image for 713 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties".

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2 comments:

  1. Martin J FridFebruary 20, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    That is a cosmetic for soy sauce, not cosmetics (unless they had some way of making cosmetics out of soy sauce). Shouyu 醤油 is the Japanese word for say sauce.

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  2. MFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:05 AM

    Hi, yes, it is in fact an ad for Kikkoshou soy sauce, not for cosmetics, thanks!

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