Postcard
1932-45
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
B&W photo of 'Hakbunji Temple, Keijo'.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Print on paper |
| Brief description | Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. B&W photo of 'Hakbunji Temple, Keijo'. 83/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945). |
| Physical description | B&W photo of 'Hakbunji Temple, Keijo'. |
| Content description | 박문사(博文寺). Japanese shrine Bakmunsa, opened on 26 October 1932 in Jangchun Park site, Seoul. The building was demolished after the Liberation of Korea. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Front (top right): '（京城名所）京城博文寺 / HAKUBUNJI TEMPLE, KEIJO.'
Back (top centre): 'POST CARD / TRADE MARK'
Back (top left): '(E255)' handwritten in pencil
Back (top right): 'HINODE / SEOUL'
Back (right): '郵便はがき'
Back (centre): 'Published by Hinode Shoko Seoul Korea' |
| Credit line | Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.159-2020 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2020 |
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