Comment - One of five small, decorative envelopes depicting various landscapes.This delicate design features an envelope with an Edo kite, both of his two tails floating in the misty air. A European-style mansion can be seen in the foreground, Mount Fuji is majestically rising in the hazy background.

This small ephemera is reminiscent to the free, romantic era of 1910 - 30 (Taisho - early Showa era). Although small in sizes, many of these envelopes were made in the highest standard of woodblock printing technique using such embellishments as embossing, metallic pigments, burnishing, etc.


Series - unknown series


Artist - unread Meiji Era/ Early Taisho Era artist


Signature - artists seal and signature on the backside (click on envelope)


Publisher - unknown


Image Size - 6.0cm X 17.5cm   (2.4" x 6.9")


Condition - single envelope out of a set of five (only one with a kite) ; nishiki-e (coloured woodblock);