Cherry Blossom Viewing
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| Cherry Blossom Viewing (detail) |
This is a detail from a Japanese six-panel screen from the Edo period, circa 1700-1800, called Cherry Blossom Viewing. Ink, colours and gold on paper. The original piece is exhibited at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum / Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, in California (USA). Danielle was kind enough to send me this postcard at the beginning of the spring. She bought this one so it would match the stamps!
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| Cherry Blossom Centennial (top), American Toleware (bottom left) & Clock (right) |
About the Cherry Blossom Centennial stamps:
In 1912 Japan gave 3,000 cherry trees to the United States, which were planted round the Tidal Basin in the nation’s capital. In artist Paul Rogers’s design for the se-tenent stamps, blossoming trees arch over a family on a stroll with two girls dressed in bright kimonos, the Washington Monument in the background. In the stamp on the right, the Jefferson Memorial is the backdrop for sightseers under a canopy of pink blooms.
I am glad she didn't have to split the stamps up! They look very beautiful together. Where I live we have almond trees. They blossom early, usually around February, and the sight of them is just breath-taking. Those ornamental cherry trees blooming and reflecting on the water must be just an amazing view!
This postcard's theme: Japanese cherry blossoms.
Postcard from: Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Received: April 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one Cherry Blossom Centennial 'Forever' stamps (both sides), one American Toleware 5c and one American clock 10c.
6 postmarks
Esta postal es preciosa! Me encanta! y con el sello a juego! Es un lujo!
ReplyDeleteOjalá yo reciba una igual algún día.
La verdad es que sí, es preciosa, y los sellos conmemorativos también.
DeleteThat's amazing! I have never seen such postcards before. I really like it. By the way, I'm hosting another lottery on my blog. You just need to leave a comment with a number from 1 to 10 000. I chose a number too and the person who will guess the closest will win. ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me know, Ania. Fortunately, Polish machine-translates into English pretty accurately and I can read your blog.
DeleteSo glad you liked this card. I love Asian art. It's only a pity that the cancelation mark is all the way across the stamps. They work much better as a pair--I agree. It's nice that it worked out that I could send them together on one card!
ReplyDeleteAsian art is very subtle and calm, you can't help but love it once you get to know it.
ReplyDeleteYes, I would have kicked whoever allowed this card to get that digital postmark. I hope the ink will fade eventually.