Fashions of 12 Eras
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A set of twelve match label prints, showing fashion and hairstyles from a range of historical Japanese eras. Unfortunately, the calligraphy on this particular set of labels is difficult to read, so many of the era and sponsor names could not be identified. What you see below is as far as we could get with the readings (we will leave them here, despite many of them being incomplete, in the hope that the remaining characters can be deciphered in the future).
Print 1 (leftmost print, top row): 上古時代 (Joko Period, the "early period"), with the sponsor name "凡?".
Print 2 (middle-left print, top row): 元禄時代 (Genroku Period, 1688-1704), with the sponsor name "浪??".
Print 3 (middle-right print, top row): 寛永時代 (Kanei Period, 1624-1644), with the sponsor name "くに男" ("Kunio").
Print 4 (rightmost print, top row): 嘉永時代 (Kaei Period, 1848-1855), with the sponsor name "大西秀?郎".
Print 5 (leftmost print, middle row): Unknown period, with the sponsor name "上井四郎".
Print 6 (middle-left print, middle row): 天保時代 (Tempo Period, 1830-1844), with the sponsor name "???光".
Print 7 (middle-right print, middle row): 南北朝時代? (Possibly Nanbokucho Period, 1336-1392), with sponsor name "?田廣?".
Print 8 (rightmost print, middle row): 文化時代 (Bunka Period, 1804-1818), with an unknown sponsor name.
Print 9 (leftmost print, bottom row): 鎌倉時代(Kamakura Period, 1180-1336), with the sponsor name "田中??".
Print 10 (middle-left print, bottom row): 奈良時代 (Nara Period, 710-794), with the sponsor name "山田??".
Print 11 (middle-right print, bottom row): 室町時代 (Muromachi Period, 1336-1573), with the sponsor name "山田??".
Print 12 (rightmost print, bottom row): 豊臣時代(Toyotomi Period, 1568-1600), with the sponsor's name "古田?弥".