Postcard
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
B&W photomechanical postcard of Namdaemun, Seoul 'View of the Famos Place, Keijyo'
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Photomechanical print |
| Brief description | Pap, Japan, Korea, postcard, 20th century. B&W photomechanical postcard of Namdaemun, Seoul 'View of the Famos Place, Keijyo'. 96/180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910-1945). |
| Physical description | B&W photomechanical postcard of Namdaemun, Seoul 'View of the Famos Place, Keijyo' |
| Marks and inscriptions | Front (bottom left): 'VIEW OF THE FAMOS [sic] PLACE, KEIJYO. / 【京城】南大門 / 本名を崇禮門と云ふ、季朝第一世太祖大王七年二月 / に建設し、五百年余の苔鱗を蒸し厳然東洋藝術の精 / 華を示せる京城四大門中最古の門にして又最大也。'
Back (top centre): 'CARTE POSTALE / This Space may be used for Communication The Address Only to be Written Here'
Back (top right): 'Place Postage / Here / KATSUYAMA'S / POST CARD'
Back (right edge): '郵便はかき'
Back (top left edge): 'Made in Japan' |
| Credit line | Given by Mark de Fraeye and Patricia Verburg |
| Place depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.172-2020 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2020 |
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