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Postcard

Postcard
Artist/Maker
Taisho Hato
Place of origin
Wakayama (produced)

B&W photo image of jangseung (wooden totem figures) w. illustration of Korean mother and child. With inscription in Japanese

Object details

Object type
Postcard
TitlePostcard
Materials and techniques
Print on paper
Brief description
Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. B&W photo image of jangseung (wooden totem figures) w. illustration of Korean mother and child. 37/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945).
Physical description
B&W photo image of jangseung (wooden totem figures) w. illustration of Korean mother and child. With inscription in Japanese
Marks and inscriptions
  • '朝鮮情詩 / 高麗詩社選' (Front)
  • 'ねんねーな / 眠らぬ[illegible]は / 村のは[illeibgleれの / [illegible]わる' (Front, in handwritten font)
  • '惡魔拂ふた此の私が / 何で此様に苦勞する / 前を通ろも憎らしい' (Front, centre left)
  • 'CARTE POSTALE / This Space may be used for communication The Address Only to be Written Here' (Back, top centre)
  • 'Taisho Hato / Brand / Made in Wakayama' (Back, top right)
  • '郵便はかき' (Back, right edge)
Credit line
Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.113-2020

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Record createdApril 9, 2020
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1536692/postcard-postcard-taisho-hato/
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