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Postcard

Artist/Maker
Taisho
Place of origin
Korea (produced)

B&W photo image of 2 Korean women washing laundry by water. Framed by a book border. 10'o clock motif. Floral motif

Object details

Object type
Postcard
Materials and techniques
Print on paper
Paper
Brief description
Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. B&W photo image of 2 Korean women washing laundry by water. 10'o clock motif. 32/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945).
Physical description
B&W photo image of 2 Korean women washing laundry by water. Framed by a book border. 10'o clock motif. Floral motif
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「朝鮮の婦人生活のページ」 (Front, top left)
    Translation
    Page of a Korean woman's life
    Transliteration
    ‘Chōsen no fujin seikatsu no peiji’
  • 「流れの畔に / 朝鮮ほど清潔な衣服を繞ふとこ / ろは先づ外にないであろう。白色 / のた[illegible]一天張りだ。それだけに汚 / れ目を厭ふて絶えず洗濯をするの / で朝鮮の婦人は實に忙しい。 / だから朝鮮の何處に行つても流 / れがあればその流れに沿つて必ず / 洗濯棒の音がリズミカルに響いて / 来るのである。」 (Front)
    Transliteration
    ‘Nagare no hotori ni / Chōsen hodo seiketsu na ifuku wo nyō futoko/ro ha saki ni naidearō. Hakushoku nota [illegible] itten harida. Soredakeni yogo/re me wo iya fute taezu sentaku o suru no/de Chōsen no fujin wa minoru ni isogashii. / Dakara Chōsen no nichi chū ni gyō tsute mo naga/re ga are ba sono nagare ni yan tsute kanarazu / sentaku bō no otoga rizumikaru ni hibii te / kuru no de aru.’
  • 「午前十時」 (Front, bottom right)
    Translation
    Morning 10 o'clock
    Transliteration
    'Gozen jyūji'
  • 'CARTE POSTALE', 'TRADE MARK' with bird separating words, holding banner reading 'TAISHO', 'This space for message', 'This space for address' (Back, top centre)
  • 'MANUFACTURED. / BY TAISHO' (Back, top right)
  • 「郵便はがき」 (Back, right centre)
    Translation
    Postcard
    Transliteration
    'Yūbin hagaki'
Credit line
Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.108-2020

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Record createdApril 9, 2020
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1536687/postcard-taisho/
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