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Japan (Mystery To Me} Ephemera Item,

 
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Posted 11/17/2015   10:47 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add stampfan9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Pretty sure this not a Cinderella, however I would be most appreciative for any help in identifying the gist of the item:






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Posted 11/17/2015   11:13 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add PoStat4evR to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
What's on the other side?
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Posted 11/17/2015   11:39 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampfan9 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
white with no markings and no gum. The paper seems to be of high quality with a distinct grain but yet is very thin:



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Edited by stampfan9 - 11/17/2015 11:53 am
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Posted 11/17/2015   1:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Timm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Perhaps it is a Japan matchbox label?
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Posted 11/18/2015   09:30 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampfan9 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Timm, that works for me. Thanks.
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Posted 12/10/2015   06:01 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add unechan to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The large japanese text says "Bunraku souvenir", thus this should be a label of some souvenir sold at the Bunraku puppet theater.
The illustratuons are Bunraku puppet heads.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunraku

Smaller text on the bottom right of the illustration coud be read as "Saito / Seijo / ?", very likely to be the name of the producer (or the Bunraku puppet player or musician). Text on the left could be read as "Bunraku-za / ?", meaning Bunraku theater. The last character might be "Han", meaning Osaka.

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Posted 12/12/2015   10:12 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampfan9 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
unechan, Thanks for the great information and link.
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