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Ukioye – Hiroshege (set)
See entries 20311186 and 20311187 for more details of this genre. This different variant includes five unused cards. Grade: 1
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National Park Oze
Mailed in 2012, with three stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 2
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Grass Burning Rite of Wakakusa Hill – Nara
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Ohyamazaki Cottage map
Beautiful regional map artwork. Mailed in 2012 with two different stamps and postmark. Grade: 1
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Tokyo Disney Resort, Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Autumn
Mailed in 2012 with two stamps (one of which is Mickey Mouse!) and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Nara, Todaiji Temple in Nigatsu-do Syunie and big torch
Fully captioned card mailed with four stamps and two indistinct postmarks in 2012. Blue trilingual Par Avion sticker affixed. Grade: 1
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Tokyo Station, Marunouchi Bldg.
Mailed in 2012 with stamp, postmark, and a tiny glittery sticker of a heart on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Constellations (Maximum Card)
The front is as you see–brilliant. The reverse has two other, different stamps and full postmark, mailed in 2012. Just a classic Maximum Card. Grade: 1
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Poem
We are genuinely sorry that we cannot tell you the story behind this. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Nagoya, Tokugawa Art Museum, Set of Armour (Gusoku)
Unused contemporary card of this 17th-century armour. Grade: 1
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Nagoya, Tokugawa Art Museum, Portrait of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Unused contemporary card of this 17th-century portrait. Grade: 1
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Beautiful Mt. Fuji
Once in awhile, it’s nice to have a card of Mt. Fuji that isn’t showing the whole mountain. This is an “autumnal scene of Shiraito waterfalls.” Mailed in 2012, with stamp, postmark, and blue bilingual airmail chop. Grade: 1
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Hokkaido (Gotochi)
Gotochi postcards are special and expensive when they are new in Japan, and this one was mailed with four different stamps, and two postmarks, and an Air Mail sticker, in 2012. It’s in superb condition and would be an excellent start (or addition) to your Gotochi collection. Grade: 1
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Hiromu art
We would like to know more about the art, and the artist, but there’s no caption on this unused card. Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in winter
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in autumn
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in spring, fountain
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in spring, flower bushes
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in spring, cherry blossoms
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in spring, white flower bushes
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Small smudge on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in autumn, stone walkway
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in summer, iris
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) As for the flowers, they look like iris from here, but no guarantees. Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in spring, many red flower bushes
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in spring, tree with two trunks
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in autumn, large tree
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Garden in autumn, stone arch
We’ve a series of unused, contemporary cards from this old, private landscape garden, also spelled Kenroku-en–which, along with Kairaku-en and Koraku-en, are considered the “Three Great Gardens” of Japan. Kenrokuen itself translates as “Six Attributes Garden.” (You’ll need to dig further for more about that …) Grade: 1
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Yamanashi, Fuji Lake Hotel
Unused card from the hotel. Grade: 1
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2013 New Year
Mailed in 2012 for the new year, with two large stamps, partial postmark, and trilingual Par Avion label affixed. Grade: 1
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Hiromu art sketches (set of 2)
The scan shows the covering piece of paper (upper left) along with the two different postcards in this set. Unused, Grade: 1
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Kobe, Nankinmachi Chinatown
Mailed in 2012, this card has two different stamps, Kobe postmark, and address and Par Avion labels affixed. Grade: 3
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Kyoto, Fireworks Display above the Uji River
Nice, clean card mailed in 2013 with two stamps and faint postmark. Grade: 1
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JR-East Railway Memorial Collection
For railroad postcard enthusiasts, this example mailed from Japan in 2013 with two different train stamps and full postmark. Sender’s address is on a rubber stamp chop on the reverse. Grade: 1
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Hamada Lighthouse (?)
This older, unused card does say “Hamada – Japan” in western letters on the reverse, and there’s a much longer caption in Japanese. So, we’re guessing. Grade: 2
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Kyoto, Gotochi (Posta Collect)
We have explained Gotochi cards elsewhere, and suppose you might already know what they are and why they are special. This unused Posta Collect example from Kyoto (100mm x 170mm, irregular shape) is in its original wrapper. Grade: 1
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Osaka, Gotochi (Posta Collect)
We have explained Gotochi cards elsewhere, and suppose you might already know what they are and why they are special. This unused Posta Collect example from Osaka (100mm x 170mm, irregular shape) is in its original wrapper. Grade: 1
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Mt. Aso
Captioned all in Japanese, and mailed in 2013 with three different stamps and red “Air Mail” chop. Grade: 1
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Osaka (Gotochi)
Gotochi card mailed in 2013 with two stamps and address label affixed. Grade: 3
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Tokyo, Haneda Airport 105
Two of these are available, each mailed in 2013 with two stamps and readable postmark. One has a blue trilingual Par Avion label affixed. The other does not. Grades: 1
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Osaka, Kansai International Airport
This airport is built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, and in the beginning at least was known for starting to sink almost immediately. That seems to have been rectified. The card was mailed in 2013 with two stamps, faint postmark, and blue trilingual air mail label affixed. Grade: 1
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West Japan Kyushu (Gotochi)
Larger among Gotochi postcards (Posta Collect), this was mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, postmark, and blue trilingual Par Avion label. There is an extremely small bit of correction fluid in the message area. Grade: 2