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Striking Drum of a 'Kiisan' [sic]

Postcard
1918-1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hinode Seoul
Place of origin
Korea (produced)
Seoul (produced)

Black and white photographic image of 5 Korean gisaengs drumming.

Object details

Object type
Postcard
TitleStriking Drum of a 'Kiisan' [sic] (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. 5 Korean gisaeng drumming. 10/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945).
Physical description
Black and white photographic image of 5 Korean gisaengs drumming.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'STRIKING DRUM OF A "KIISAN" /（朝鮮風俗）妓生の大鼓打'

    Note
    Obverse, bottom left

    Translation
    STRIKING DRUM OF A KISAENG (Customs of Korea) Gisaeng beating large drum

    Transliteration
    'STRIKING DRUM OF A KISAENG (Chōsen fūzoku) kisaeng no dai tsudzumiuchi'

  • 'POST CARD / TRADE MARK'

    Note
    Reverse, horizontal top

  • 'HINODE / SEOUL'

    Note
    Reverse, top right

  • '郵便はかき'

    Note
    Reverse, right vertical

    Translation
    Postcard

    Transliteration
    'yūbin hakaki'

  • 'Published by Hinode-Shoko Seoul Korea'

    Note
    Reverse, centre vertical

  • '7' enclosed in a circle

    Note
    Reverse, bottom left

Credit line
Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.86-2020

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Record createdApril 9, 2020
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1536665/striking-drum-of-a-kiisan-postcard-hinode-seoul/
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