A rare uncut sheet of match label prints. The set seems to have been produced by a collectors' group in the Kansai, on the occasion of a group trip to the Kanto area in August of 1935. Very light nunomezuri (a technique in which a piece of fabric is affixed to a woodblock and "printed" to give the paper a pattern) has been applied to sections of the illustrations. Most of those who sponsored this set were members of the Osaka Rinshi Koyukai (大阪燐枝好友会), an Osaka-based match label group. Several of these sponsors are "the usual suspects" - names we often see in labels - and many produced works in another label set in our collection. The same ten members also produced this other set, which similarly uses nunomezuri.

Top row:
Print 1 (leftmost): Tokyo Station (東京停車所), printed with the name "Hasegawa Tekisho" (長谷川適所).
Print 2 (centre-left): An unidentified temple, printed with the name "Tsuda Koraku" (津田行樂).
Print 3 (centre): Inubosaki (铫子犬吠岬), printed with the name "Kishigami Shugetsu" (岸上秋月).
Print 4 (centre-right): Jūnikyō (十二橋), printed with the name "Higuchi Sozan" (樋口蘇山).
Print 5 (rightmost): Jingū Bashi (神宮橋), printed with the name "Minami Yoshijiro" (南吉次郎).

Bottom row:
Print 6 (leftmost): The Ayame Odori dance at the riverside (水郷のあやめおどり), printed with the name of the carver Kamio (Yakichi) (彫 上お).
Print 7 (centre-left): Narita Mountain (成田山), printed with the name "Maruyama Matsunobu" (丸山松延).
Print 8 (centre): Ryogoku Bridge (両国橋), printed with the name "Inoue Matsuyoshi" (井上松芳).
Print 9 (centre-right): Katori Shrine (香取神宮), printed with the name "Shirai Kosetsu" (白井皎雪).
Print 10 (rightmost): Kashima Shrine (鹿島神宮), printed with the name "Isekichi" (いせ吉).