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This set of erotic Japanese vintage matchbox covers is charming af

Information on the charming set of matchbox covers featured in this post is hard to come by. I know they’re Japanese, any idiot can see that. And I know that their date of origin is almost certainly from before 1950. They stem from a collection of matchbox “labels” that is on Flickr and that has recently become one of my favorite places on the Internet. Vintage Japanese matchbox covers are incredible. The person who runs that set of images, who uses the Flickr username maraid, explains that…

Caution, this post will make you feel like a bit of a peeping Tom. We're about…

Caution, this post will make you feel like a bit of a Peeping Tom. We’re about to take a rather voyeuristic tour of a Japanese bath house in the year 1951, with LIFE photographer Michael Rougier. It was the year Japan’s post-war occupation by the allied countries would come to an end but the bath…

Yasaka Pagoda by Toshijiro (Nenjiro) Inagaki (1902-1963)

Woodblocks by Toshijiro (Nenjiro) Inagaki - Interesting modern design printed from a single woodblock. Toshijiro (or Nenjiro) Inagaki was an acclaimed kimono designer who was designated an Intangible Cultural Property in 1962, the highest honor awarded to Japanese artists by the government. In the 1950s - 1960s, he designed a small group of woodblock prints published by Mikumo in Kyoto. These stylized designs reflect the stencil-dyed techniques he used to create textiles, featuring bold…