Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Formosa Oolong Tea - Hiroshige


Here are two Japanese cards advertising Formosa Oolong Tea. These were generally handed out at exhibitions such as the Japan British Exhibition in 1910.  The illustrations on the cards are by the great Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige.


The backs of the cards look like this:

11 comments:

  1. This is a neat card. I think I have a tin that was Formosa Tea.

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  2. This palette of colors is divine ... .

    Jjjj

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  3. These are wonderful. At least you know the artist's name. I'm still hoping someday for mine.

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  4. Those are some of the nicest cards I have seen!

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  5. Such beautiful illustrations! Japanese art is so lovely.

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  6. The top postcard with the boats would make an awesome poster size framed piece of art.

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  7. I was think along the same line as Brian-- mat and frame for wall art!

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  8. If I could find a third postcard of this series, I could frame the three together. Would be nice.

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