Postcard Tomb of Emperor Kanmu
A black-and-white photograph: a view of the entrance to the tomb of Emperor Kanmu 桓武天皇 (737–806) at Fushimi Momoyama, not far from Kyoto. On the reverse, Alma Karlin wrote that Emperor Kanmu was the founder of the Heian period.
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white print
Inscription: （伏見桃山）桓武天皇御陵 Fushimi Momoyama: Kanmu tennō goryō (Fushimi Momoyama: Emperor Kanmu tomb)
Kanmu-emperor-mount, 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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