Mountain scene

Mountain scene

Was this to be Mt. Fuji?  We don’t know, there’s no obvious caption.  Two things are unusual about this card, which was mailed (with stamp and postmark) in the 40th year of that Emperor’s reign:  (1) the card seems not to be made of ordinary paper, but of a kind of bark or fabric or something we can’t identify; and (2) the handwriting.  Grade: 3

Name: Mountain scene

From: EAST AND SOUTH ASIA/Japan

Code: 20311166

Price: $9.00