Antique & Vintage Postcards

A high-quality reproduction postcard of a Kitagawa Utamaro woodblock print depicting the lovers Umegawa and Chūbei sheltering together beneath a large yellow umbrella — a scene from the 18th-century kabuki drama "Meido no Hikyaku" (The Courier for Hell). The woman wears a white head-covering and patterned kimono in blue; the man is wrapped in a dark green cloak and black hood. Multiple identifying cartouches in Japanese appear on the image. The postcard features silk thread embroidery applied by hand to the printed surface.