This mailed card still has its stamp, but the postmark is not quite legible. There’s a full message and address in Japanese on the reverse. Tomizawa-san reports–and we believe him–that an Earl named Matsudaira, of Shogun descent, visited a workplace or garden in Kagawa prefecture west of Tokyo. This garden was similar to what Americans of the mid-20th century called a “Victory Garden” but reflected peoples’ desires to help Japan catch up to the wealth levels of western countries. Well, it worked!! Grade: