Postcard
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1933-1945
This paper postcard features a halftone colour photomechanical print depicting a Korean courtyard with traditional architecture and a pavilion visible in the distance. The scene shows courtyard grounds bordered by traditional buildings with tiled roofs and decorated eaves, set against a wooded hillside crowned by a pavilion on a stone base.
Produced in Korea between 1933 and 1945, the postcard was manufactured using collotype and photomechanical printing on paper. The lower right edge of the obverse features Japanese text describing the red and green colouring of Yongmyong Temple at Moran Hill looking out toward Ulmil. The reverse includes printed headings reading "CARTE POSTALE / This Space may be used for Communication The Address Only to be Written Here" at the top centre, as well as "郵便はがき" (yūbin hagaki) along the right edge.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The postcard is part of a series of 180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea from the colonial period (1910–1945). The layout of the reverse, dividing half the space for a written message, alongside the specific orthography of "郵便はがき", corresponds to Japanese postal production between February 1933 and August 1945.
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Postcard
- Museum object number
- FE.231-2020
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.