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Postcard

Postcard
Artist/Maker
Hinode Seoul
Place of origin
Korea (produced)

Black and white photographic image of 5 Korean gisaengs drumming.

Object details

Object type
Postcard
TitlePostcard
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'
    Transliteration
    Front (bottom left)
  • 'POST CARD / TRADE MARK'
    Transliteration
    Back (top centre)
  • 'HINODE / SEOUL'
    Transliteration
    Back (top right)
  • '郵便はかき'
    Transliteration
    Back (right edge)
  • 'Published by Hinode-Shoko Seoul Korea' (Back (centre vertical))
  • '7' enclosed in a circle (Back (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/postcard-postcard-hinode-seoul/
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