Leehing
Sunday, April 6, 2014
I really love those antique Australian advertisement Trade Mark labels, since you can easily trace these old companies in Google and find who were they and even to see sometimes that they are no longer exist... These ones are probably Japanese labels
Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania
Brownells established Hobart’s first department store in 1888 in Liverpool Street, and it became a public
company in 1902. It offered a successful mail-order service from inception, and
in 1912, it introduced a unique and free service for remote female customers:
Brownell's Famous Lady Shopper, known as Aunt Edna. Naturally most of the
shopping was done in-house, but Aunt Edna also undertook other commissions and
purchased outside goods, which she dispatched with one of her much-prized
'homely, womanly, and sympathetic' letters.
Remodelled in the 1950s using the latest American techniques, Brownells
became Tasmania's largest departmental store. It was taken over by Myer in 1959.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
So, if we talk about "Find the differences", so, please Find the differences!
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| The Joker with the explorer finger |
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| Same producer - different animal |
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| Same motif - different producer |
The Baby, the Angel and the Soldier
I wish I could read Japanese...It would have made my blog more accurate
Monday, March 31, 2014
Some beautifull Japanese labels of "Matchboxes and Matches as a subject" were added latly to my collection
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| "You have to stand up like a man, if you want to catch this Matchbox!" |
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| "Four boxes, five boxes, six boxes...wow!! Where is my bra?" |
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| Mosquitoes are everywhere... |
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| The Runaway Monkey Conductors |
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| Sitting on the moon, and lighting the universe! |
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| The girl in the flower |
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| The Stars Burner |
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| Nakamura - The Strong Match |
Monday, March 17, 2014
More funny Japanese Matchbox labels from the 50's advertise Restaurants Clubs and Bars, etc.
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| When I look at this label my 'blue brain' makes my eyes see something else... |
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| It is only your blue brain the see other things... |
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| This is the sole of my old father, can you find a shoe for him |
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| Too much BEER... |
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| The Run-away Broom |
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| Choked by a Biliard ball |
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| The Dancing Waiter |
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| No Title |
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| No words |
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| Not understood |
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| Black Ground Coffee |
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| The one eye Geisha |
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Kintarō the "Golden Boy"
Kintarō
(金太郎?, often translated as "Golden Boy") is a folk
hero from Japanese folklore. A child of superhuman strength, he was raised by a
mountain hag on Mount Ashigara. He became friendly with the animals of the
mountain, and later, after catching Shutendouji, the terror of the region
around Mount Ooe, he became a loyal follower of Minamoto no Yorimitsu under the
new name Sakata no Kintoki (坂田 金時?). He is a popular figure in noh and kabuki drama, and
it is a custom to put up a Kintarō doll on Boy's Day in the hope that boys will
become equally brave and strong.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Billiken - The "no worry" Doll
The Billiken was a charm doll created by an American art
teacher and illustrator, Florence Pretz of Kansas City, Missouri, who is said
to have seen the mysterious figure in a dream. In 1908, she obtained a design
patent on the ornamental design of the Billiken, who was elephant-like with
pointed ears, a mischievous smile and a tuft of hair on his pointed head. His
arms were short and he was generally sitting with his legs stretched out in
front of him. To buy a Billiken was said to give the purchaser luck, but to
have one given would be better luck.[3] The image was copyrighted and a
trademark was put on the name. After a few years of popularity, like other fad
toys, the Billiken faded into obscurity.. Read more from Wikikpedia
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| The Japanese Billiken (the "i" is missing from the name) |
Billiken
goes to Japan
Throughout Japan representations of the Billiken were
enshrined. Pre-World War II statues of the Billiken can be found in Kobe city's
Chinju Inari and Matsuo Inari shrines. Both of these statues were removed from
display for many years at the onset of the war when foreign deities fell out of
favor.
The most famous representation of the Billiken was in an
amusement park, Luna Park, in the Shinsekai district of Osaka, Japan. In 1912,
he was enshrined in the park as a symbol of Americana and there was revered as
"The God of Things As They Ought to Be". Popular Billiken souvenirs
in the park included dolls and manju (sweet buns filled with red paste). When
the park closed in 1923, the wooden statue of the Billiken went missing.
A replica of the statue was placed in the second-generation
Tsutenkaku Tower in 1980. Due to wear (particularly to the soles of the feet),
the dark, worn statue was replaced in May 2012 with a new one. Presently he
resides on the fifth floor observation deck and has become closely associated
with the tower. Each year thousands of visitors place a coin in his donation
box and rub the soles of his well-worn feet to make their wishes come true. In
October 2008, the Billiken of Tsutenkaku took a journey all the way from Japan
to its founding city of St. Louis where it was visited by students of St. Louis
University High School, whose mascot is also the billiken.
The statue was a permanent fixture in the tower until
September 2005 when it made its first departure and was taken, as an ambassador
of sorts, to Shibuya's Tokyu department store in Tokyo as a part of a fair to
promote Naniwa (traditional Osaka) culture. As a part of the cultural exchange,
a replica of the statue of Shibuya's most famous dog, Hachikō, was sent to
Osaka.
The Billiken was a star in Sakamoto Junji's 1996 comedy
Billiken in which the statue is restored to the Tsutenkaku in an effort to
revive the popularity of the tower and save Shinsekai.
The Billiken also became the namesake of the Japanese toy
& model manufacturing company of the same name.
And 2 versions of the label from Belgium and Sweden:
And 2 versions of the label from Belgium and Sweden:
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