They are pretty.
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At the beginning of January, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC uploaded its entire Asian collection online.
Among this collection is a set of popular postcards depicting India of the 1930s. These were made by Japanese artist Yoshida Hiroshi in his country’s woodblock print style—expressly for Western audiences.
Yoshida was a rare Japanese in the Indian subcontinent, teeming with Western artists, trying to make money from an exotic locale.
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Photos 1930s India seen in Japanese woodblock prints Quartz
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At the beginning of January, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC uploaded its entire Asian collection online.
Among this collection is a set of popular postcards depicting India of the 1930s. These were made by Japanese artist Yoshida Hiroshi in his country’s woodblock print style—expressly for Western audiences.
Yoshida was a rare Japanese in the Indian subcontinent, teeming with Western artists, trying to make money from an exotic locale.
...
Photos 1930s India seen in Japanese woodblock prints Quartz
