Retro Packaging Seal Collection

This is the first book to introduce approximately 900 paper seals, called  fukanshi (sealing paper), used to fasten paper bags and wrapping paper for products from the Taisho period to the mid-Showa period, sorted by industry.

【table of contents】
Chapter 1 Origin and history of envelopes
Chapter 2 Food Sealing Paper Western sweets, Japanese sweets, bread, alcoholic beverages, tea/seaweed, foodstuffs, beverages, restaurants
column 1 Sealing ramune and sake
Chapter 3 Sealing paper for clothing and miscellaneous goods Department stores, Japanese clothing, clothes, cleaning, shoes, bags, umbrellas, pottery and lacquerware, hardware, towels, cosmetics, sanitary products, medicines
column 2 Visiting the site of envelope printing
Chapter 4 Hobbies and Preferences Bookstores, Stationery/Art Supplies, Electronics/Cameras/Watches, Musical Instruments/Sports, Tourist Souvenirs/Toys, Tobacco
Chapter 5 Nameless Seal
column 3 Sample book of envelopes
Closing chapter Seal paper as a hobby