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No. 7 The Palanquin of Corean [sic]

Postcard
1918-1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Shoseido
Place of origin
Japan (produced)
Tokyo (produced)

Colour photo image of a Korean lady inside a palanquin 'No.7 The Palanquin of Corean'.

Object details

Object type
Postcard
TitleNo. 7 The Palanquin of Corean [sic] (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Print on paper
Brief description
Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. Colour photo image of a Korean lady inside a palanquin 'No.7 The Palanquin of Corean'. 18/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945).
Physical description
Colour photo image of a Korean lady inside a palanquin 'No.7 The Palanquin of Corean'.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '（朝鮮風俗） 貴婦人の乗槗外出 NO.7 THE PALANQUIN OF COREAN [sic] '

    Note
    Obverse, bottom edge

    Translation
    NO. 7 THE PALANQUIN OF KOREA (Customs of Korea) The lady going out in a palanquin

    Transliteration
    'NO. 7 THE PALANQUIN OF COREAN (Chōsen fūzoku) Kifujin no kago gaishutsu'

  • 'POST CARD'

    Note
    Reverse, horizontal top

  • 'TRADE MARK / SHOSEIDO TOKYOJAPAN'

    Note
    Reverse, top right

  • '郵便はかき'

    Note
    Reverse, right vertical

    Translation
    Postcard

    Transliteration
    'yūbin hakaki'

Credit line
Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.94-2020

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Record createdApril 9, 2020
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1536673/no-7-the-palanquin-of-postcard-shoseido/
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