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View of the Post Office in Kanda, Tokyo on the Day of the Sale of War Commemorative Post Cards
Japanese, Late Meiji era, 1906
Artist Unknown, Japanese
Publisher: Kotsugakkan
Place of Creation: Japan
Collotype, color lithograph, letterpress; ink on card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1548



News Runners Rushing in with the Latest
Japanese, Late Meiji era
Artist Unknown, Japanese
Place of Creation: Japan
Color lithograph; ink on card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1581



Woman with Umbrellas
Japanese, Late Meiji era
Tomioka Eisen, Japanese, 1864–1905
Place of Creation: Japan
Color woodblock and stencil; organic and inorganic colorants, metallic pigment on Japanese paper adhered to card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1277



4 O'clock at Day in Yoshiwara (Seiso) from the series The Twelve Hours of the Yoshiwara
Japanese, Late Meiji era, 1906
Odake Kokkan, Japanese, 1880–1945
Publisher: Sunbikai
Place of Creation: Japan
Color woodblock; organic and inorganic colorants on Japanese paper adhered to card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1065



Snail and Poem by Buson from the series Postcards of Haikai Poetry (Haikai ehagaki)
Japanese, Late Meiji era
Saitô Shôshû, Japanese, born in 1870
Publisher: Japanese Postcard Association (Nihon hagaki kai)
Place of Creation: Japan
Color lithograph and embossing; ink and metallic pigment on card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1092



Female Student in a Parody of the Wisteria Maiden from the series Up-to-date Otsu-e
Japanese, Late Meiji era, 1905
Asai Chu, Japanese, 1856–1907
Publisher: Japanese Postcard Association (Nihon hagaki kai)
Place of Creation: Japan
Color lithograph; ink on card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.912



Smelling: Female Student from the series Beautiful Women and the Senses (Bijin to kankaku)
Japanese, late Meiji era, 1905
Nakazawa Hiromitsu, Japanese, 1874–1964
Publisher: Sunbikai
Place of Creation: Japan
Color woodblock and stencil; organic and inorganic colorants, metallic pigment on Japanese paper adhered to card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1054



Umbrellas Viewed from Above
Japanese, late Meiji era
Takehisa Yumeji, Japanese, 1884–1934
Publisher: Japanese Postcard Association (Nihon hagaki kai)
Place of Creation: Japan
Color lithograph and embossed texture; ink on card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1238



Water Lily
Japanese, Taishô era, cancelled 1920
Sugiura Hisui, Japanese, 1876–1965
Publisher: Kamigataya, Ginza
Place of Creation: Japan
Color lithograph; ink on card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1168



Woman Waiting for her Beloved at 9:35 from the series Waiting for her Beloved in the Early Night Hours (Kimimatsu yoi)
Japanese, Taisho-early Showa era
Kobayashi Kaichi, Japanese, dates unknown
Publisher: Sakuraiya
Place of Creation: Japan
Color woodblock; organic and inorganic colorants, metallic pigment on Japanese paper adhered to card stock

Classification: Postcards
Accession number: 2002.1008

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