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Bright Customs of Korea: Washing Dance (Chōsen meirō fūzoku: barurei arai odoi)

Postcard
1933-1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hinode
Place of origin
Korea (produced)
Seoul (produced)

Colour illustration of Korean women washing laundry.

Object details

Object type
Postcard
TitleBright Customs of Korea: Washing Dance (Chōsen meirō fūzoku: barurei arai odoi) (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Print on paper
Paper
Brief description
Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. Colour illustration of Korean women washing laundry. 24/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945).
Physical description
Colour illustration of Korean women washing laundry.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '朝鮮明朗風俗' enclosed in a rectangle

    Note
    Obverse, top right

    Translation
    Bright Customs of Korea

    Transliteration
    'Chōsen meirō fūzoku'

  • 'バルレー / 洗躍'

    Note
    Obverse, bottom right

    Translation
    Washing dance

    Transliteration
    'Barurei arai odoi'

  • 'POST CARD'

    Note
    Reverse, top horizontal

  • 'HINODE / SEOUL'

    Note
    Reverse, top right

  • '郵便はがき'

    Note
    Reverse, vertical right

    Translation
    Postcard

    Transliteration
    'yūbin hagaki'

  • '(Published by Hinode Shoko Seoul Korea)'

    Note
    Reverse, vertical centre

  • 'TRADE MARK' with rising sun between words

    Note
    Reverse, top left

Credit line
Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.100-2020

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Record createdApril 9, 2020
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1536679/bright-customs-of-korea-washing-postcard-hinode/
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