17.00 USD
Beautiful Young Japanese Woman in Kimono, circa 1907
Unusual card! We don't often see the monochrome tint cards until the 1920s on French postcards, and this does appear to be a French postcard, printed in Japan...sort of a Japanese/French postcard. We do see what looks like an "07" written on the left side of the card's obverse, and coincidentally, an important treaty was signed between France and Japan in that same year.
Japan and France enjoyed warm relations for many years following that signing. The first airplane flights (shortly thereafter) in Japan were supported by French technology, and trade relations and military agreements were highly productive for both nations (for Indochina, now Vietnam, not so much).
Notice that the back of this card is divided with an area of 1/3 on the left side for personal messages or advertizing. This particular division dates this card to between 1907 and 1918. Just a little Japanese postcard trivia for ya :)
Notice that we didn't title this card "something" Geisha? It's a little personal bugbear of ours. This lovely young woman was Japanese. She wears a kimono. She was not any more likely to be a geisha than an anonymous western woman photographed in a pretty dress was likely to be an entertainer, film actress, or bartender! Okay, rant over :)
Impressions left by album corners are evident particularly in the top corners. A wonderful card!
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully-insured, first class shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will not charge for 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 increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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