Postcard Fushimi Inari
A black-and-white photograph with subsequent hand colouring showing the path of the Myōbudō 命婦道, which in the Shinto context means “fox path”, a messenger of the god of good harvest. The shrine with many red gates on this route, the Fushimi Inari Shrine, is a popular and much-frequented site near Kyoto.
Manufacturing technique: coloured print
Inscription: （伏見稲荷神社）名婦道
THE SCENERY OF INARI (FUSHIMI)
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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