Comments on: Vintage Japanese Matchbox Labels

Vintage Japanese Matchbox Labels

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:21:17 -0800

Japanese Matchbox Labels is a fine collection (flickr set) of wonderful vintage eye candy from the Japan of the 1920s through the 1940s.

And while I'm here, let me just tack on another flickr set: Vintage Japan Graphics. Altogether different from the matchbook stuff, but fun. And BTW, if the main link looks familiar to you, and you're thinking "DOUBLE!", it's probably this FPP from 2006 posted by jonson (I miss jonson), from the same flickr user, maraid.

By: twoleftfeet

twoleftfeet — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:27:30 -0800

Link goes here, maybe?

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:35:52 -0800

Very nice, thanks. I wonder what kind of artifacts might exist from this era in Japan, like, I don't know, Bakelite telephones.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:07:38 -0800

NOTE: those of you wondering why twoleftfeet made that first comment, it's because originally my link was no good. Mods fixed it, though. Thanks, twoleftfeet!

By: garnetgirl

garnetgirl — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:21:55 -0800

Really like the matchbox covers - a great collection. Thanks for the link!

By: vronsky

vronsky — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:19:50 -0800

Those are neat flapjax. I was watching some old movies my dad made when we were kids a few weeks ago and there was a short section of us in japan on a layover, dressed in the kimonos the hotel gave us, sipping tea at breakfast. I came across this the other day -- Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the American Automobile

By: ardgedee

ardgedee — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:10:48 -0800

I'm late to the party, but thanks for the links. Great stuff.

By: marginaliana

marginaliana — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:30:45 -0800

Very cool!