Selling Shiseido – Lesson 03

Cosmetics as History
By Karen Johnson & Patty Koller

Handout 03-D | Printer-friendly PDF file

Types of Japanese Women

In the modern period, new “types” of Japanese women emerged. All of these women were potential customers for the Shiseido company. The types of Japanese women include:

Jogakusei – the female student
Atarashii onna – “the new woman”
Shokugyo fujin – the working woman
Jukyu – the café waitress
Shufu – the housewife
Moga – the “modern girl”

• Table of Contents | Lessons:

• 01
  • Teacher Instructions
  • Handout 01-A
  • Handout 01-B
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• 02
  • Teacher Instructions
  • Handout 02-A
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• 03
  • Teacher Instructions
  • Teacher Background Notes
  • Handout 03-A
  • Handout 03-B
  • Handout 03-C
  • Handout 03-D
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