The Emperor's Palace in Tokyo.

The Emperor's Palace in Tokyo.

Unknown

November 3, 1905

Emily Broad and Kangmin Kim

https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/viewer/12408, https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/viewer/12374

5.5 x 3.75 in

English, Japanese

Real Photo Toned Postcard

Emily Broad and Kangmin Kim

The Emperor's Palace in Tokyo.

The Emperor's Palace in Tokyo.

Light wear on the edges, where the paper has slightly frayed. Image appears to have slightly faded, and there are some marks on the top right on the front of the postcard.

The postcard is toned in a blue-ish silver. There are various ink-stamped postmarks, as well as a red physical stamp on the back of the postcard.

Union Postale Universelle. Carte Postale.

Handwritten:
Mr. A Wegmann
430 East 85th Street
New York, USA

Yes

DATE AND LOCATE BOTH

5.5 x 3.75 inches

Postmarked 1905

Real photo postcard

English, Japanese

Ca. 1900-1905

Sir! Please pardon me I have been quite [unintelligible] and I beg you to continue to exchange. please notice the adress at the end of this card, I am ashamed that I am very poor in English. The 7th High School Kagoshima Japan. S. Kase.

Yes

Handwritten: 7th High School, Kagoshima, Japan.

430 East 85th Street
New York, United States

This postcard represents a type of postcard where certain Japanese students or people would request penpals from English-speaking countries. In this case, the sender (S. Kase) is writing to a recipient in New York. This item represents a desire for exchange between Japan and the US during the Meiji Period, when Japan was still catering and very open to American visitors. It reflects a curiosity and desire to learn a new language through direct contact, made possible by the globalization of the time through imagery and transportation.

Bridges, National monuments

Palaces

Ca. 1900-1910

Meiji Era

Blue-Silver Tone

S. Kase wrote the postcard.

5.5 x 3.75 in