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Tokyo, Sumida River
So many of the old Japanese postcards don’t give good views of groups of people. This one does. Unused, Grade: 2

Code: 20311171
Price: $8.00
Okinawa, Shima no Iro
After Googling this, we are as much in the dark as before. Does “Shima no Iro” mean “silent colour”? Card was mailed in year #27 (2008), and stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 1

Code: 20311172
Price: $3.00
Actor
With thanks to Chris and to Tomizawa-san, for suppling and educating, we weren’t able to translate the extensive old-fashioned pencilled notations on the reverse of this unmailed card. We think it dates from 1929. If you are an expert on classical Japanese, let us know and we will send a scan of the reverse to you. The card is separating from itself, but not yet split. Grade: 4

Code: 20311173
Price: $14.00
Very large kimono
In the absence of other information, what would you call this? Friend Tomizawa-san said: “The date on the card suggests it was written probably sometime in 1945-47. Among the Chinese characters I can spot Kyoto and Oiso, a well-known, upscale coastal residential area, which is a one-hour train ride from Tokyo.” This comes from penciled notations on the reverse of this unmailed card. Grade: 4

Code: 20311174
Price: $16.00
Kikugoro Onoe
From the extensive pencilled notation on the unmailed card’s reverse, our friend Tomizawa comments: “…June 9th, 1933, probably the date it was written, and Kikugoro Onoe at Osaka Kabukiza. Kikugoro Onoe is a very famous male Japanese kabuki actor who is dressed in kimono to act as a woman. Kikugoro Onoe as we have today is the 7th in succession. I have no idea from the writing where this Kikugoro Onoe sits in the succession line.” Well, Tomizawa-san, neither do we! Grade: 4

Code: 20311175
Price: $24.00
Yaeko Mizutani
Completing our short series of unmailed artistic cards, Tomizawa-san offers: “All I can read is the year 1929, Yaeko Mizutani, and geijyutsu-sha. Yaeko Mizutani is a well-known Japanese actress, who led Japanese theater activities some 70 years ago in an attempt to emulate modern European styles. Geijyutsu-sha, I guess, is the name of the organization she belonged to.” All this derives from the pencilled notations on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20311176
Price: $24.00
Mt. Fuji in midwinter
Mailed in 2011 with stamp and full, if faint, postmark. Airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20311177
Price: $2.00
Sapporo Aspen Hotel (nesting owls)
One of a series of unused cards featuring owls. Grade: 1

Code: 20311178
Price: $2.00
Sapporo Aspen Hotel (owl in totem)
One of a series of unused cards featuring owls. Grade: 1

Code: 20311179
Price: $2.00
Sapporo Aspen Hotel (two owls)
One of a series of unused cards featuring owls. Grade: 1

Code: 20311180
Price: $2.00
Sapporo Aspen Hotel (owl on branch)
One of a series of unused cards featuring owls. Grade: 1

Code: 20311181
Price: $2.00
Sapporo Aspen Hotel (owl in character)
One of a series of unused cards featuring owls. If we still have all five, and you want them all, you may have the set for $6. Grade: 1

Code: 20311182
Price: $2.00
Osaka, ATC & WTC
Contemporary card mailed in 2011 with two stamps, Osaka postmark, and blue trilingual airmail label affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20311183
Price: $2.00
Nara, Todaiji Daibutsu
The caption on this postcard, mailed in 2011 with five different stamps and multiple if illegible postmarks, explains that the statue was erected in 752, is 16.2 meters high, and weighs 500 tons. They were busy in 752. Grade: 1

Code: 20311184
Price: $6.00
Pictorial Map of Japan
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, full Sendai postmark, and airmail sticker affixed. Slight, almost imperceptible staining on the front. Grade: 3

Code: 20311185
Price: $7.00
Ukiyoe: Hokusai (set) – front
Cardboard-wrapped set of five cards plus the set’s cover, of which this scan shows the front. See 20311186B for the reverse. For those unfamiliar with Ukiyo-e, we give full credit to Wikipedia for what we repeat here:

Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, literally “pictures of the floating world”^?) is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan.

Hokusai was a famous artist (1760-1849). Unused cards. Grade: 1

Code: 20311186A
Price: $16.00
Ukiyoe: Hokusai (set) – reverse
See 20311186A for details. This reverse scan shows the five primary cards.

Code: 20311186B
Price: $16.00
Ukiyoe: Sharaku & Kunisada (set) – front
See 20311186A for basic details. Sharaku and Kunisada were two other famous artists who overlapped with Kunisada. Five unused cards plus cover. Grades: 1

Code: 20311187A
Price: $16.00
Ukiyoe: Sharaku & Kunisada (set) – reverse
See 20311186A for basic details. Sharaku and Kunisada were two other famous artists who overlapped with Kunisada. Five unused cards plus cover, of which this is the reverse. Grades: 1

Code: 20311187B
Price: $16.00
Kyoto, Rock garden of Ryoan-ji
Mailed in 2011 with three stamps, and airmail and address labels affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 20311188
Price: $1.00
New Tokyo International Airport
Also known as Narita, this airport is so far away from being new (and so far away from Tokyo) that the old Haneda facility is now starting to accept a broader range of international flights. It’s about time. Mailed in 2011 with two stamps, postmark, and trilingual blue Air Mail sticker affixed. Grade: 1

Code: 20311189
Price: $4.00
Kyoto, Autumn tints at Tofukuji Temple
Mailed in 2012 with three stamps and full postmark, this card measures 4-5/8″ x 7-1/4″ and the writer has kindly provided a long explanation in English on the reverse. Light blue trilingual air mail sticker and address label affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 20311190
Price: $4.00
Tokaido Shinkansen, Nozomi
This busy card was mailed in 2011 with two different stamps and mostly illegible postmark. It has a small sticker of a woman in a kimono on the reverse, and the card itself is printed with a map of the train’s route. Only because of the sticker, Grade: 3

Code: 20311191
Price: $5.00
Yokohama Marine Tower and NYK Hikawamaru
Mailed in 2012 with two different stamps and mostly but not entirely legible postmark. Some postmark ink transfer and definite abrasion on the front (that doesn’t show in the scan, but it’s there). Grade: 4

Code: 20311192
Price: $0.50
Kyoto, Yasaka no tou, Hokanji
Nice photo of this Buddhist tower. Card was mailed in 2012 with two stamps, and partly legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20311193
Price: $3.00
Sirakawago Village, Gifu Prefecture
As the writer and the caption both point out, this village is known for its farmhouses and distinct steep roofs (rooves?) in the gashozukuri style. A World Heritage site. Card was mailed in 2011 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20311194
Price: $5.00
Furu site, Tenri, Jomon pottery
… and in Nara Prefecture. The card was mailed in 2012 with two stamps and legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20311195
Price: $3.00
Sapporo, Hokkaido University
Mailed in 2012, this university postcard has two different stamps, mostly legible postmark, and red airmail chop. Also one classical sticker on reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20311196
Price: $2.00
Nagasaki, Peace Memorial Museum and Fountain of Peace
Mailed in 1968 with stamp and partly legible postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20311197
Price: $3.00
Mt. Fuji, Self Reflection at Dawn
Mailed in 2012, this Mt. Fuji postcard has two stamps, mostly readable postmark, and blue trilingual Par Avion/address label affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 20311198
Price: $2.00
Nikko National Park, fog
The captions are in Japanese; the writer tells us the location. This card was mailed with a round Disney character stamp in 2012, and has full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20311200
Price: $3.00
Hiroshima, Miyajima Water Fireworks Display
Nice card, mailed in 2012 with two stamps (one very large), postmark, and blue air mail rubber-stamped on. It’s not the same card as 20311209. Grade: 1

Code: 20311201
Price: $4.00
Hokkaido Centennial Memorial Tower
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps, postmark, and address and trilingual airmail labels affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 20311202
Price: $2.00
Yokohama, Cosmo Clock 21
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps, faint postmark, and airmail sticker. Grade: 1

Code: 20311203
Price: $3.00
River Fujikawa and Mt. Fuji
Something of a rarity, an old, unused card of Japan that was made in Thailand. Captioned in Thai and English — but not Japanese. Aging. Grade: 2

Code: 20311204
Price: $7.00
Fireworks Festival of Matsushima
Mailed in 2012 with three stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20311205
Price: $4.00
Cherry Blossoms and Tokyo Tower
The traditional and the modern in counterpoint. Mailed in 2012, two stamps (including Hello Kitty, bless her) and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20311206
Price: $3.00
Kyoto, Ginkakuji Temple
Mailed in 2012, two stamps and postmark. Some postal creasing. Grade: 2

Code: 20311207
Price: $2.00
Hamamatsu, Okura Act City Hotel, lobby
The creative lengths hotels will take to make their postcards look different … unused card, mildly smudged on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20311208
Price: $1.00
Hiroshima, Itsukushima Shrine, fireworks
Nice fireworks postcard, mailed in 2012 with a Hello Kitty stamp and postmark. It’s not the same card as 20311201. Grade: 1

Code: 20311209
Price: $4.00

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