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Postcard

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

B&W photos images: Hongwhamun(?)gate and 3 Korean girls picking plants.

Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. B&W photos images: Hongwhamun(?)gate and 3 Korean girls picking plants.26/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945).
Physical description
B&W photos images: Hongwhamun(?)gate and 3 Korean girls picking plants.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '門虹華・原水・' (Front (top left))
  • '朝鮮民謠 / 娘三人蓬を摘んで。/ 出きた出きたよ / 草餅できた。/ 誰にやるのか / わたしや知らない。/ アレ云ふは恥かし / わたしや娘育ちよ。' (Front (right centre))
  • '草摘' (Front (bottom left))
  • 'POST CARD' / 'TRADE MARK' with rising sun symbol between words (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))
Credit line
Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg
Collection
Accession number
FE.102-2020

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Record createdApril 9, 2020
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