Asahi and Saporo Beer ad, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy.
Click image for 719 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Asahi and Saporo Beer - these are now different companies... (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)
During the 1910s young girls wore big bows on their hair that fell onto the head, and so they became known as "flappers". The name would stick with this generation, as they grew up in the 1920s.
Click image for 719 x 1000 size. Scanned from Taschen's "Japanese Beauties". Asahi and Saporo Beer - these are now different companies... (Thanks to Paula Wirth for translating!)
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