Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Flower Vendor on Sanjo Ohashi

Size: 16.0cm by 10.5cm (6.30 in by 4.13 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [M] ?

Designer: Unknown

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 6,000$ 50.00£ 43.50€ 50.50 [Item has been sold]

Description: A woodblock-printed postcard probably published for foreign tourists in the post-war period, featuring a sightseeing spot in Kyoto. This print shows Shirakawa-me, women in the northeastern part of Kyoto City, which is famous for producing flowers, and they have been said to sell the flowers since the Heian period (794-1185).

Note: unlike some of the other prints of this type that we currently have in the catalogue, this one is not mounted on a postcard.

There are a few small marks on this print.

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