Postcard Kamakura 2
A black-and-white photograph showing the underground dungeon where Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏 Prince Morinaga 護良親王 (1308-1335) was imprisoned. In 1335, Prince Morinaga, the son of the then Emperor Godaigo 後醍醐天皇, was imprisoned for 9 months and then beheaded.
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white print
Inscription: Tsuchiro of Kamakura 鎌倉宮土牢 Kamakura-gū tsuchirō (Underground dungeon at Kamakura 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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