Banana Label

Year of Issue: 

2014

Country: 

  • Ecuador

Material: 

  • Paper

Colors: 

  • White, Black, Red, Yellow, Blue

Shape: 

  • Oval: Vertical, curved sides

Width: 

22

Height: 

27

Motif: 

  • Girl, Abstract Bananas, Ornament (Wave, Ribbon ...), Face

Text on Label: 

バナナ (Banana)
美人 ® (Beauty)
エクアドル産 (Ecuador)

Catalog Entry: 

Author: 

michael

Post date: 

Jul 2014

Last modified: 

Oct 2019

Comments

Bananas Beauty from Ecuador

Submitted by bananacarril on

Banana Beauty. It's from Ecuador for the Japanese market. There is also a larger identical bag label that goes with it. The name in Japanese is "Bijin" which means "Beautiful Person," but which refers only to females.

Translation: 美人 (Bijin-ga /

Submitted by michael on

Translation: 美人 (Bijin / Beautiful Person). Bijin is a generic term for pictures of beautiful persons in Japanese art.