Mini Message Card - Moonlit Night
ミニカード 月夜
£7.00 per item
A high-quality woodblock printed card with an envelope from Kyoto.
This message card was hand-printed by skilled craftspeople using woodblocks. This method of printing was adopted in Japan during the Edo-period (1603-1868 CE) for printing books and creating decorations, produced on both paper and canvas. To create these cards, reliefs of an original design are carved by hand into wooden blocks, with one block for each colour involved.
This card features a night lit by the full moon, illuminating the pages of a book from which a rabbit is jumping. Rabbits and the full moon are often associated with each other as – according to Japanese folklore – there are rabbits living on the moon making mochi, rice cakes.
Size: approx. L9.5 cm x W6 cm
Chūbu
The central Chūbu region is predominantly mountainous, home to the rugged Japan Alps with coasts on both the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. The region's history has been shaped by its strategic position between the great cities of Kyoto and Tokyo with Nagoya at its heart. Niigata lies to the north while Mt Fuji can be found in the south in Shizuoka Prefecture.
