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FUTABA - Japanese Landmarks Postcard - Tokyo Tower - Night View
EAN: 4541232305465
Code: 4541232305465
Model: R0392502
Manufacturer: Futaba (ROKKAKU brand)
Dimensions: 100 × 148 mm
Contents: 1 postcard (no envelope)
Paper: glossy cast-coated card with foil stamping
Country of origin: Japan
FUTABA - Japanese Landmarks Postcard - Tokyo Tower - Night View
A Japanese postcard from the Nihon Meisho series (famous places of Japan) by ROKKAKU (Futaba): a collection in which each view is drawn with foil stamping alone. This one shows Tokyo Tower at night.
The 333-metre Tokyo Tower has been a symbol of the city since 1958. The series devotes two postcards to it with different scenes; this one is the night view, with the tower lit up. Foils: abalone silver and metallic orange.
The finish is hakuoshi (箔押し), hot foil stamping: the foil is fixed to the paper with heat and pressure, and the craftsman adjusts temperature, pressure and time so that even the finest lines stay sharp. The design changes its shine with the angle of the light.
It is Japanese postcard size (100 × 148 mm), made of glossy cast-coated card. It can be posted like any postcard or framed as a small print.
About ROKKAKU. ROKKAKU was born on Rokkaku Street in Kyoto: it goes back to Sakurai Shōten, a shop founded in 1911, which gave rise in 1950 to a card company that took up foil stamping in 1955. Since 2021 the brand has belonged to Futaba, a Nagoya company founded in 1972 and well known in Japan for its New Year cards (nengajō).
