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a few weeks ago, i had the lovely opportunity to go to a taisho era art exhibition, which is the time period from 1912 to 1926 (simultaneously art nouveau to art deco in the west). the exhibition showcased many popular influences from europe, specifically my personal favorite--rené lalique! which i've never had the chance to see any of his work in person. i've always been fascinated how the japanese interpret western influences in their design, yet still maintain traditional japanese sensibilities. i'm especially interested in their beauty advertising from this period (forever inspiring). below, i'll show some of my favorite pieces shown, that spans all the way to the 1950s, to illustrate how the taisho period also has influenced the showa period as well. all these were scanned from the exhibition catalog book, which was presented so beautifully (shown below: left).

c. 1898 / rené lalique / brooch, winged sylph (diamond, enameled, gold)

c. 1890 / jules chéret / le figaroc. 1899 / henry clemens van de velde / troponc. 1920-25 / rené buthaud / nude motif

c. 1912 / kawasaki shoko / spirit of a mayflyc. 1910-20s / sugiura hisui / takane ("high peak"), no.26c. 1914-39 / sugiura hisui / original design

c. 1913 / sugiura hisui / mitsukoshi kimono fabric dealer", vol. 3, no. 3 (march 1913)c. 1925 / sugiura hisui / kagaku ("science"), vol.2, no.5 (may 1925)

c. 1920s-30s / sugiura hisui / mitsukoshi for novemberc. 1910-20s / sugiura hisui / tourist map of tokyo

c. 1920s-30s / unknown / compactc. 1925 / sugiura hisui / tokyo mitsukoshi kimono fabric dealer: the renewal of the western building of the main store & completion of the shinjuku branchc. 1920s-30s / unknown / set of lipstick, cigarette case & compact

c. 1929 / kagami kozo / ornamental plate named "inori (prayer)"c. 1931 / sugiura hisui / no-trump march, original pattern for an obi sash

c. 1924 / sugiura hisui / complete guide to newspapers, 1924 (japan telegraphic communication co.)c. 1950-53 / togo seiji / bicycle race national championships in korakuen c. 1930s-40s / tsuchiya teruo / design drawing

c. 1952 / naganawa shiro / shopc. 1951 / hayakawa yoshio / shusaikai exhibition

c. 1949 / ohashi tadashi / mitsuwa's creamc. 1955 / kamekura yusaku / nikon mikron binoculars

also picked up some super cute taisho themed goods at the museum gift shop, which included some matchboxes with pretty art deco designs (i obsessively collect these) & some postcards! that tomowe soap advert was unfortunately not sold as a large poster, otherwise i would have bought one..or 5..

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