Feeding time

The Baby, the Angel and the Soldier

I wish I could read Japanese...It would have made my blog more accurate 

My first Chinese language lesson (An amazingly beautiful artistic Japanese label indeed)

 and of course 4 other versions of this lovely label (not mine...):

The worms have visited this labels...

"I am sitting in a Cannibal pot and playing with the Dragon's Pearl, while two Vampires wait for my left overs..."

Some childish labels of kids having fun

The hugest book ever seen

What a noise!  Stop these trumpets

This Santa is so heavy

When we grow up we will have a bigger ship

Golliwog - The Afro doll

The Golliwog 

Golliwog or golly was a black character in children's books in the late 19th century usually depicted as a type of rag doll. It was reproduced, both by commercial and hobby toy-makers as a children's toy called the "golliwog", and had great popularity in North America, Europe and Australia into the 1970s. The doll is characterised by black skin, eyes rimmed in white, clown lips and frizzy hair. While home-made golliwogs were sometimes female, the golliwog was generally male. For this reason, in the period following World War II, the golliwog was seen, along with the teddy bear, as a suitable soft toy for a young boy.

The image of the doll has become the subject of heated debate. While some see the golliwog as a cherished cultural artifact and childhood tradition, others argue that the golliwog is a destructive instance of racism against people of African descent, along with pickaninnies, minstrels, mammy figures, and other caricatures, and has been described as "the least known of the major anti-Black caricatures in the United States".[1] In recent years, changing political attitudes with regard to race have reduced the popularity and sales of golliwogs as toys. Manufacturers who have used golliwogs as a motif have either withdrawn them as an icon, or changed the name. In particular, the association of the golliwog with the pejorative term "wog" has resulted in use of alternative names such as "golly" and "golly doll"

A cute mistake - The Royal Chilren

I m they MITY king

I hav 5 Roya Chilren - 5 boy and 1 girls.

I tuk tham 2 take a fotograf of tham

I laik mai Chilren

Thay r vary qute

 

The colorful version with same mistake:

 

And the label with the right text:

 

Find the differences - The Human and Monkish Towers

2 boys on one head it's OK - but one more boy, is too much

A now days matchbox made of cardboard : 

"I can see our home sweet home from here..."

And another version of this Monkeys Tower (not mine):

The Japanese Warriors - themes associated with Wars, Military, Patriotism etc. are very popular among the collectors of Japanese labels

The Samurai

Samurai (侍?), usually referred to in Japanese as bushi (武士?, [bu͍ꜜ.ɕi̥]) or buke (武家?), were the military nobility of medieval and early-modern Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany persons in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean "those who serve in close attendance to the nobility," the pronunciation in Japanese changing to saburai. According to Wilson, an early reference to the word "samurai" appears in the Kokin Wakashū (905–914), the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the first part of the 10th century (wikipedia - all right reserved).

 

 

The Japanese War Officers

How can an officer win the war with a baby in his hands?



Labels of the Hinamatsuri : The Japanese Doll Festival, or Girls Day

Hinamatsuri 

Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a special day in Japan.  Hinamatsuri is celebrated each year on March 3. Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (雛人形 hina-ningyō) representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period. (from Wikipedia)

The custom dates from the Heian period (roughly 800~1200 AD) and emerged from a notion the dolls could protect one from–and thus “contain”–evil spirits. The “possessed” dolls were subsequently released in the rivers of Kyoto to float to the sea, taking their evil spirits along for the ride. (source: http://www.sse-franchise.com/soapbox/201203/03/the-japanese-doll-festival-or-girls-day/ )

 

 

looking for a good fish for Friday dinner

Manufacter: MingShen match factory
Date: Before 1925

Origin: China

Manufacter: MingShen match factory
Date: Before 1925Origin: China

The Japanese dog's Story

On the other day my lady took me to the hunting

She managed to hunt a pheasant, so I took my Penny-farthing  

bicycle and rode quickly to bring the pheasant

Since I was so efficient I got the honor to stand on the podium

And even received a Certificate of Excellence

At  the evening we were all very tired, so we made a good shower 

and went to bed 

The Rabbit - A cute little hairy thing

Long time no see...how about some "find the differences" labels

The Monkey & the Deer - two good old friends

Why do the dogs take the deer for a ride?

Why do these kids stand on the balls? 

One day the Boy, the Monkey and the Deer were playing on the Hammock at the playground

...then the Monkey and the Deer went home and the Japanese Girl came to read her interesting book...

 

They are still looking for the deer...(labels are not mine yet)

 

 

 

 

The lady of the late 19th century

She takes care of her bird 

She washes her baby who plays with his dog.

Meets her friends

...and then they go to the beach