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	Item 197561     Japan Ukiyo-e Old Postcard Shunsho The Interrupted Letter Geisha Girl Woman Lady Vintage Japanese Artist Signed Art Drawn Colour Old Postcard. Japan. Ethnic Life. Ukiyo-e. Shunsho, The Interrupted Letter. Geisha Girl Woman Lady. Traditional Costumes. British Museum. 春章畫. Katsukawa Shunshō (勝川 春章 1726 – 1793) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited London Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 197558     Japan Ukiyo-e Old Postcard Torii Kiyonaga Shelter from a Shower Geisha Girls C81 Vintage Japanese Artist Drawn Colour Old Postcard. Ukiyo-e Art. Men & Women Sheltering from a Shower. Raining. Rain. Geisha Girls Ladies. Costumes. By KIYONAGA. British Museum. London. 清長畫 Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居 清長 1752 – J1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited Price: £5.99 €7.79 US$8.21
	Item 196319     Japan Ukiyo-e Old Postcard Utamaro Child Upsetting a Gold Fish Bowl Geisha 風流子寶合 Vintage Japanese Artist Signed Art Drawn Colour Old Postcard. Japan. Ukiyo-e. Geisha Lady Woman Girl. Utamaro - Child Upsetting a Gold Fish Bowl. Gold-Fish. Goldfish. Kimono Costumes. Fan. British Museum. 哥磨華 風流子寶合 Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川 歌麿 c. 1753 – 1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited London Price: £9.99 €12.99 US$13.69
	Item 195408     Common Sandpiper Bird Birds Animals, British Museum Natural History Old Postcard Vintage Art Artist Drawn Colour Postcard. Common Sandpiper Bird Birds Animals,. The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia), make up the genus Actitis. Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 195394     Nightingales British Birds British Museum Natural History Art Drawn Old Postcard Vintage Colour Art Artist Drawn Old Postcard. Nightingales Bird, British Birds. British Museum Natural History. Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited London Price: £2.99 €3.89 US$4.1
	Item 191692     Bulldog Bull Dog Puppy, Muthurst Doctor, Height at Shoulder 18 ins. Old Postcard Vintage Old Picture Postcard. Pet Animal. Bulldog Bull Dog Puppy, Muthurst Doctor, Height at Shoulder 18 ins. British Museum (Natural History). London. Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited Price: £11.99 €15.59 US$16.43
	Item 189398     Chimpanzee Animal, 2ft. 6in., British Museum Natural History Old Postcard Monkey Vintage Old Postcard. Chimpanzee Monkey, Animal, Anthropopithecus troglodytes. Height of specimen, as mounted, 2ft 6in. British Museum Natural History. Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited Price: £2.99 €3.89 US$4.1
	Item 189051     Hawaii Mask Covered with Feathers, God of War, Hawaiian Islands USA Old Postcard Vintage Old Colour Post Card, USA, Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii. Mask, covered with feathers, representing the God of War. British Museum (Ethnographical Gallery), London. Phot. Oxford University Press. Price: £9.99 €12.99 US$13.69
	Item 188999     China Old Postcard Chen Nan-Pin 18th Cent. Rabbits and Tree Birds British Museum Vintage Art Artist Drawn Old Picture Postcard. China. Chen Nan-Pin 18th Cent. Century, Rabbits and Tree. Birds, Flowers. Animals. British Museum. Published by Donald MacBeth Fleet Street Price: £9.99 €12.99 US$13.69
	Item 188998     China Old Postcard Wu Wei Fairy and Phoenix 15th Cent Chinese Painting Lady Bird Vintage Art Artist Drawn Old Picture Postcard. China. Wu Wei. 15th Century. Fairy and Phoenix. Chinese Painting. Woman Lady and Bird. British Museum. Published by Donald MacBeth Fleet Street Price: £9.99 €12.99 US$13.69
	Item 188997     Japan Old Postcard Sesshiu Sesshu Toyo 1420-1506 Hotei and Children Buddha & Fan Vintage Art Artist Drawn Old Post card. Japan Japanese. Sesshiu Sesshu Toyo (1430-1506) Hotei and Children. Buddha Fan. Boys. British Museum, London. Sesshū Tōyō (雪舟 等楊; Oda Tōyō since 1431, also known as Tōyō, Unkoku, or Bikeisai 1420 – 1506) was the most prominent Japanese master of ink and wash painting from the middle Muromachi period. Published by Donald MacBeth Fleet Street Price: £5.99 €7.79 US$8.21
	Item 188996     Japan Old Postcard Attributed to Yeshin Sozu 942-1017 Amida Buddha on Clouds ART Vintage Painting Art Drawn Old Post card. Japan Japanese Artist Drawn by Genshin, Eshin Sozu (942 – 1017), Attributed to Eshin Sozu (Genshin) Amida. British Museum. London. LIII.2. / Amitābha, Amida or Amitāyus, is a celestial buddha according to the scriptures of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Buddhist. Deity. 阿彌陀佛. Genshin (源信 942 – 1017), also known as Eshin Sozu, was the most influential of a number of Tendai scholars active during the 10th and 11th centuries in Japan. Published by Donald MacBeth Fleet Street Price: £1.99 €2.59 US$2.73
	Item 185942     Egypt Old Postcard Weighing Heart of Scribe Ani, Osiris & Gods of Other World 59 Vintage Old Postcard. Egypt Egypte Africa. The weighing of the heart of the Scribe Ani, in the presence of Osiris and the gods of the Other World. British Museum (1st First Egyptian Room), London. Published by Phot. Oxford University Press Price: £2.99 €3.89 US$4.1
	Item 182648     Japan Ukiyo-e Art Old Postcard Sharaku Actor Otani Tokuji Costume British Museum Vintage Art Artist Drawn Colour Old Picture Postcard. Japan. Japanese Ethnic Life. Ukiyo-e Art. C.83. Sharaku. The Actor Otani Tokuji. British Museum, London. Tōshūsai Sharaku (東洲斎 写楽 active 1794–1795) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited Price: £3.99 €5.19 US$5.47
	Item 182637     Japan Old Postcard Attributed to Eshin Sozu 942-1017 Amida Buddha Genshin Artist Vintage Japanese Old Art Drawn Picture Post card. Japan, Attributed to Eshin Sozu (942-1017) Amida, Buddha. Genshin Artist Drawn. Buddhist Drawing. British Museum, London. LIII.2. Genshin (源信; 942 – July 6, 1017), also known as Eshin Sozu, was the most influential of a number of Tendai scholars active during the 10th and 11th centuries in Japan. Published by Donald MacBeth Fleet Street Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 181492     Japan Old Postcard Sesson Shukei 1504–1589, Evening Rain 16th Cent. Satake Heizo Vintage Painting Art Drawn Old Post card. Japan Japanese painter Artist Drawn by Sesson Shukei, Satake Heizo (16 Cent., 1504–1589) Evening Rain. British Museum. London. LIII.6. Sesson Shukei (orig. Satake Heizo) (1504–1589) was a Japanese Zen monk and painter from the Muromachi period born in what is modern day Ibaraki Prefecture. His works are classic examples of Japanese ink painting which was imported via many artists from China. Published by Donald MacBeth Fleet Street Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 181490     Japan Old Postcard Kano Eitoku Yeitoku 1543-1590 Mao Mu, Girl Woman Lady Flowers Vintage Painting Art Drawn Old Post card. Japan Japanese Artist Drawn by Kano Eitoku Yeitoku (1543-1590) Mao Mu, Girl Lady Woman and Flowers. Barefoot. British Museum. London. LIII.10. Kanō Eitoku (狩野 永徳 1543 – 1590) was a Japanese painter who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history and one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. Published by Donald MacBeth Fleet Street Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 180272     Japan Ukiyo-e Old Postcard Hishikawa Moronobu A Pleasure Party Geisha Girl Women Vintage Art Artist Drawn Old Post card. Japan Japanese. Ukiyo-e. Hishikawa Moronobu (1646?-1695) A Pleasure Party. Geisha Girls Women Ladies. Ethnic Life. Costumes. British Museum. London. Hishikawa Moronobu (菱川 師宣 1618 – 1694) was a Japanese artist known for popularizing the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock prints and paintings in the late 17th century. Published by Phot. Oxford University Press Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 173794     Japan Ukiyo-e Old Postcard Hokusai Manga Mangwa Aquatic Sports Horse Water Sport Vintage Artist Drawn Old Postcard. Ukiyo-e Art. Japan Japanese. Hokusai Manga, Hokusai Mangwa, Pt. 4. Aquatic Sports (No.2), Water Sport. Horse. Costumes. British Museum, London. 北齋漫畫. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Oxford University Press Price: £5.99 €7.79 US$8.21
	Item 173792     Japan Old Postcard Hokusai Manga Mangwa Asahina Saburo Japanese Hercules & Demon Vintage Artist Drawn Old Postcard. Ukiyo-e Art. Japan Japanese. Hokusai Manga, Hokusai Mangwa, Pt. 4. Asahina Saburo, The Japanese Hercules, pelting a demon with beans. Costumes. British Museum, London. 北齋漫畫. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Oxford University Press Price: £5.99 €7.79 US$8.21
	Item 173791     Japan Ukiyo Old Postcard Hokusai Manga Mangwa Benkei Japanese Warrior Monk Sword Vintage Artist Drawn Old Postcard. Ukiyo-e Art. Japan Japanese. Hokusai Manga, Hokusai Mangwa, Pt. 10. Benkei, The Japanese Warrior Monk. Sword. Costumes. British Museum, London. 北齋漫畫 辨慶 武藏坊 狢嫁入. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Oxford University Press Price: £3.99 €5.19 US$5.47
	Item 171569     Iran Old Postcard Steel Helmet Damascened Chased, Abbas the Great Shah of Persia Vintage Old Postcard. Middle East, Iran Persia, Persian. British Museum (Ethnographical Gallery), London. Steel Helmet, damascened and chased, of Abbas the Great, Shah of Persia (1586-1628), dated 1625-6. Published by Phot. Oxford University Press Price: £9.99 €12.99 US$13.69
	Item 171567     Iraq Assyria Old Postcard Ashur-bani-pal Assyrian King Hunting Lion Hunter Horse Vintage Old Picture Postcard. Middle East. Africa. British Museum, London. Assyrian Saloon. Iraq. Assyria. Animal. Hunters. Lion Hunt. Ashur-bani-pal, King of Assyria B.C. 668-626. Hunting Lions. Hunters Horse Horses. Animals. Archery. Bow and Arrow. Assyria, a major Mesopotamian East Semitic-speaking kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East, existed as an independent state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC, until its collapse between 612 BC and 599 BC. Published by Phot. Oxford University Press Price: £9.99 €12.99 US$13.69
	Item 171566     Egypt Old Postcard Fowling Scene from Wall of Tomb at Thebes B.C. 1550 Bird Fish Vintage Egyptian Old Postcard. Africa Egypte Egypt. British Museum, London. Ducks. Geese. Eagles. Birds. Fish, Hunting. Hunter. Hunt. Boat, Canoe. Ethnic Life. Fowling Scene, from the Wall of a tomb at Thebes. About B.C. 1550 (No. 37,977). Published by Oxford University Press Price: £5.99 €7.79 US$8.21
	Item 171556     Egypt Old Postcard Relief from Tomb of Ra-Hetep at Medum B C 3600 British Museum Vintage Old Egyptian Picture Postcard. Egypte Egypt Africa. Relief from the Tomb of Ra-Hetep at Medum. IVth Dynasty. About B.C. 3600. British Museum, London. Carvings. Published by Oxford University Press Price: £2.99 €3.89 US$4.1
	Item 171553     Egypt Old Postcard Letter from Tushratta King of Mitani to Amenophis III BC 1450 Vintage Egyptian Old Picture Postcard. Egypte Egypt Africa. Letter from Tushratta, King of Mitani Mitanni, to Amenophis III, King of Egypt about B.C. 1450 (Babylonian Room No. 29,791). British Museum, London. Donald MacBeth. Fleet Street. Price: £2.99 €3.89 US$4.1
	Item 171552     Egypt Old Postcard Head of Statue of Egyptian King Amenemhat III, British Museum Vintage Egyptian Old Picture Postcard. Egypte Egypt Africa. Head of Statue of Egyptian King Amenemhat III, British Museum, London. 774. Head of The Grey Granite Seated Statue No. 775 of Amen-Em-Hat III. Published by Phot. Oxford University Press. Price: £4.99 €6.49 US$6.84
	Item 170862     Japan Old Postcard Katsushika Hokusai Manga Mangwa A Concert Drum Pan Flute Boys Vintage Artist Drawn Old Postcard. Ukiyo-e Art. Japan Japanese. China Chinese. Children. Ethnic Life. Little Boys Playing Musical Instrument. Drum, Pan Flute. Musician. Music. Hokusai Manga, Hokusai Mangwa, Pt. 15. A Concert. British Museum, London. Costumes. 北齋漫畫. Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎), c. 1760 – 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Oxford University Press Price: £5.99 €7.79 US$8.21
	Item 165684     Japan Ukiyo-e ART Old Postcard Kwaigetsudo Ando Toilet Scene Geisha Girls Ladies Vintage Japanese Artist Signed Art Drawn Old Picture Postcard. Japan, Ethnic Life. Ukiyo-e. Kwaigetsudo Ando, fl. 1688-1734. Toilet Scene. Native Geisha Girls Ladies. British Museum. London. Kaigetsudō Ando (壊月堂安度, 1671–1743), also known as Ando Yasunori, was a Japanese painter and the founder of the Kaigetsudō school of ukiyo-e art. Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, 浮世繪 Ukiyo-e), pictures of the floating world, is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Published by Phot. Oxford University Press Price: £2.99 €3.89 US$4.1
	Item 163530     India Old Postcard 2 Native Women Visiting Female Hermit by Night, Mughal School Vintage British Indian Colour Art Artist Drawn Old picture post card, India, Ethnic Life. 2 Two Native Women Ladies Visiting a Female Hermit by Night. New Moon. Mughal School, 18th Eighteenth Century. British Museum. London. Published by Oxford University Press Price: £7.99 €10.39 US$10.95