Thursday, December 11, 2008

Dictionary booklet, 1930s


Dictionary booklet, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Textbook or dictionary for your handwriting - booklet that comes with a magazine. (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)

Courtesy of Patricia of Agence Eureka blog. Merci beaucoup!

4 comments:

Joey Altruda said...

There seem to be more and more of these types of graphics surfacing, many good repros too, both in Los Angeles and Shanghai.
Thanks for posting this!

M said...

Hi Joey, thanks!

Lucy Kennedy said...

Ooh, period Japanese costume, interesting. The woman is wearing a haori, the loose top layer jacket (blue in this case) which has connotations of study or even being a blue-stocking. The hairstyle is Western-influenced rather than traditional. The positioning of the collar and the sashes suggest to me that this might be intended as a young married woman (though the sash is ambiguous - the central cord which can be seen with a knot in it is very high up on the underlying sash compared to what I'd expect). The kimono has an all-over pattern which counts as fairly informal.

Sorry, this may be of no interest whatsoever, but I was wondering how far I could put my tentative kimono-reading abilities into practice. I'm no authority!

M said...

That is interesting! I love individualism, but sometimes I also wish our society was a bit more tribal, with dress codes that are a form of comunication in itself, like with these traditional Japanese kimonos. Depending on how people dressed you knew tons about their social status, whether they were married or not, etc. I long for some of that simplicity.

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