Postcard: 'Botandai at Heijio'
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1918-1933
This object is a black-and-white photomechanical postcard produced on paper, depicting Moran Hill (Botandai) in Pyongyang (Heijō), Korea. Manufactured in Japan by Hoshinoya between 1918 and 1933, the card utilizes photomechanical collotype printing. The landscape view features hillside pavilions overlooking a wide river, with a bridge spanning the water in the foreground and a boat visible on the river.
The obverse bears printed text along the bottom reading '朝鮮平壤牡丹臺 Botandai at Heijio （文鮮堂發行）', translated as 'Moran Hill, Pyongyang, Korea Botandai at Heijio (Bunsendo published)'. The reverse side carries standard postal markings, including 'Union Postale Universelle / Carte Postale' across the top, 'TRADE / MARK' at the top right, '郵便はかき' ('yūbin hakaki', meaning 'Postcard') along the right edge, and 'MADE IN JAPAN' at the centre.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
This item is numbered 157 from a set of 180 Japanese postcards depicting Korea during the Japanese colonial period (1910–1945). Its date range of 1918 to 1933 corresponds to Japanese postal regulations in place from March 1918 to February 1933, during which one half of the reverse was designated for correspondence and the Japanese term for postcard was orthographically styled with 'ka' as '郵便はかき' ('yūbin hakaki').
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.233-2020
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.