Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
The circular cachet is apparently commemorating the ship, the S.S Shinano Maru as the initials N.Y.K (Nippon Yusen Maru) and the flag of the line are present in the centre.
I wonder what the connection is between the temple and the ship. Whatever it is, I think the artist should be commended for his creativity.
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Well that may indeed be the link. Thanks for the reply. I suppose it all comes down to dates. As the ship was built in 1900 and sold in 1923 to Kinkai Yusen K.K., the postcard must be between those dates. Probably towards the latter end, going by the condition of the card and the printing on the obverse.
The Shinanu Maru (6,388 tons, or is it tonnes?) was eventually scrapped in 1951.
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Here is another postcard of the same ship; the S.S. Shinano Maru, with the same circular commemorative cachet. In addition is a 'life-belt' cachet, suggesting the shipping line was registered in Tokyo.
This is a rather odd looking card. Just peeking into the picture of the ship at the bottom, is a snail ?? The background is a 'yucca' looking plant; no doubt some revered Japanese plant.
I guess a translation of the panel might just reveal all.
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I have always been intrigued by and attracted to, Chinese and Japanese art. I have this postcard which I have regarded as a bit of an anomaly. It's a curious marriage of a temple and a rather uninteresting looking ship. Yet, the artist has succeeded in elevating these images with rather beautiful traditional painting.
The circular cachet is apparently commemorating the ship, the S.S Shinano Maru as the initials N.Y.K (Nippon Yusen Maru) and the flag of the line are present in the centre.
I wonder what the connection is between the temple and the ship. Whatever it is, I think the artist should be commended for his creativity.
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re: Japanese artistic postcard style.
Well that may indeed be the link. Thanks for the reply. I suppose it all comes down to dates. As the ship was built in 1900 and sold in 1923 to Kinkai Yusen K.K., the postcard must be between those dates. Probably towards the latter end, going by the condition of the card and the printing on the obverse.
The Shinanu Maru (6,388 tons, or is it tonnes?) was eventually scrapped in 1951.
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re: Japanese artistic postcard style.
Here is another postcard of the same ship; the S.S. Shinano Maru, with the same circular commemorative cachet. In addition is a 'life-belt' cachet, suggesting the shipping line was registered in Tokyo.
This is a rather odd looking card. Just peeking into the picture of the ship at the bottom, is a snail ?? The background is a 'yucca' looking plant; no doubt some revered Japanese plant.
I guess a translation of the panel might just reveal all.
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