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2022.02.10
By Sakuan Izumi
“Let me see. I should put thicker face powder on your nose than on your face.”
“Hey, you’re gonna let me do modern makeup on you after this, right?”
“Will you raise your chin a bit?”
“You know, we should go to a convenience store like this.”
【Beauty Guidebook】
Even in the Edo period, there were beauty guidebooks, introducing makeup tips and beauty regimen. One of the most long-lasting was called Miyako-fuzoku-kewaiden, first published around the late Edo period, in 1813 (Bunka 10), and continued until the Taisho Era.
