Postcard Japanese Dancers
A postcard belonging to the extremely popular genre of postcards depicting scenes from traditional Japanese life, which were printed en masse at the time of Alma Karlin’s visit as a result of technological advances in Japan, mainly as souvenirs for foreign visitors. The dancers in the photo are dressed in colourful spring kimonos and wear Japanese cherry blossoms in their hair. On the back of the postcard, Karlin wrote, “Kirschblütentanz, Kyoto (Cherry blossom dance, Kyoto)”. Perhaps she saw a similar dance performance on her visit. (CSB, MV)
Material description: paper
Manufacturing technique: coloured print
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Celje Regional Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1957–1960
Last acquisition method: donation
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Alma M. Karlin, Thea Schreiber Gammelin, Celje Regional Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved
Press releases: Catalogue of the exhibition "Azija me je povsem uročila"
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