Postcard Meiji Shrine 1
A postcard of the Meiji Shrine. Three quarters of the space is taken up by a drawing, a general view of the shrine erected in Tokyo immediately after the death of Emperor Meiji. The shrine is dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife. It is still the most visited shrine for the New Year celebration. Alma Karlin visited Japan only 10 years after this shrine was built, and perhaps that is why her inscription on the back is so revealing.
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white print
Inscription: 全景 神宮 Zenkei Jingū (Full view: Shrine)
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Celje Regional Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1957–1960
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Alma M. Karlin (from year 1950)| Thea Schreiber Gammelin (from year 1950 to year 1957)| Celje Regional Museum (from year 1957)
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved
Press releases: Shigemori Bučar, Chikako. “Alma M. Karlin’s Visits to Temples and Shrines in Japan". Poligrafi 93/94, volume 24 (2019).
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