Taisho Period Japanese Manuscript with 58 Sumi Ink Landscapes girl praying and with a wonderful face

and with a wonderful face that gives him a bit of a seal-like aspect

with light wear along the bottom edge

curious and gentle seeming presence

I love the thought of this postcard being sent as a means of communicating new findings about this particular species

Taisho Period Japanese Manuscript with 58 Sumi Ink Landscapes girl praying and with a wonderful faceOf course I wish I could read Japanese to know what is written on the right hand page of each spread in this lovely early 20th century manuscript notebook, but the sumi ink drawings on the left of the spread (58 total by my count) more than stand on their own. Each drawing painting is of a landscape view framed by an oval border, with each seeming like a portrait of a specific place at a specific moment sometimes with rain streaming down, sometimes