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Japanese yellow press of the 19th century

"A twelve-year girl had a baby," "A husband brutally murdered his wife and his child," "A policeman killed prostitutes" - this is not a modern crime news, this was the headlines of color prints, which subscribers received as a newspaper supplement in 1870 in Japan.
























Comments (6):
#1 | 29 May 2010 14:18 by mtjs (186 )

日本19世纪的通俗文学Ӎ
0;Old Japanese street light literature.

#2 | 30 May 2010 14:22 by aceedcee (1434 )

mtjs, what does that mean ??!

#3 | 30 May 2010 23:24 by Iron Horse (3284 )

See how many artists that cameras put out of business in Japan? JC-LOL

#4 | 31 May 2010 02:16 by Slovakia_1 (1532 )

Nice artwork. mtjs said ൛th century popular Japanese literature". Just pop it into Google translate.

nineteenth century ...

#5 | 31 May 2010 03:08 by ilvtofu

these are too old and difficult to read
but i try to give some examples
pic 21,a woman with a knife in her mouth holding something bloody;

she found out her husband having an affair with their maidservant
while he is out,she killed the girl and cut out her pussy(thats what she has in her hands 36 )
and served it as Sashimi when he came back home vomit
this article was in 1875 by "Osaka Daily News"

watch out you guys dance3

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