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Postcard

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

Colour illustration of 1 Korean female drummer and 1 female singer wearing green jeogori

Object details

Object type
Postcard
Materials and techniques
Colour illustration printed on paper
Paper
Brief description
Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. Colour illustration of 1 Korean female drummer and 1 female singer. 11/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945).
Physical description
Colour illustration of 1 Korean female drummer and 1 female singer wearing green jeogori
Marks and inscriptions
  • '朝鮮明朗風俗' (Front (right top))
  • 'チャング / 長鼓' (Front (right bottom))
  • 'POST CARD' (Back (top centre))
  • 'HINODE / SEOUL' (Back (top right))
  • '郵便はがき' (Back (right edge))
  • '(Published by Hinode-Shoko Seoul Korea)' (Back (centre vertical))
  • 'TRADE MARK' separated by rising sun symbol (Back (top left))
Credit line
Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.87-2020

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Record createdApril 9, 2020
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1536666/postcard-hinode-seoul/
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