19.00 USD
In addition to the Grande Roue de Paris, which would remain the largest Ferris wheel in the world for almost a century, the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 had a tremendously popular Japanese pavilion, showing off the art, architecture and culture of Japan, and this card was possibly produced in response to that. That's just a wild guess since Japanese art and culture had been introduced popularly to the people of Paris at the Exposition of 1867, and had already inspired a great deal of interest. Asian art of both the far and near east made important contributions to the Art Nouveau, or Jugendstil, movement which was at its peak in 1900.
In any case this is one of the nicest turn of the century photographic portraits of a Japanese woman in traditional dress we've seen in some time. The detail, and buttery tone are perfect. The card itself is in excellent condition.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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