Postcard
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
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 | |
| Materials and techniques | Print on 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 | Front (top left): '朝鮮の婦人生活のページ'
Front: '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 (bottom right): '午前十時'
Back (top centre): 'CARTE POSTALE' / 'TRADE MARK' with bird separating words, holding banner reading 'TAISHO' / 'This space for message This space for address'
Back (top right): 'MANUFACTURED. / BY TAISHO'
Back (right centre): '郵便はがき' |
| Credit line | Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.108-2020 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2020 |
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