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Moth Card: Single card by Takako Copeland

Vendor: Takako Copeland Type: Price: 4.00 Printed from an original 2 colour lino print artwork on high quality ivory card. When opened, the spread-out cards transform into an A5 print, Card size: 10.5 × 14.8 cm (when folded). Paired with a 130 gsm cream envelope. Printed in the UK.

ACTOR SADANJI (C.1880): Japanese Greeting Card

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 4.00 Ichikawa Sadanji playing the role of Sato Tadanobu who was a samurai, and also a follower of warlord Minamoto no Yoshitsune. According to the Genpei Josuiki, he was one of Yoshitsune's Four Heavenly Kings. * A6 size (148mm x 105mm) * Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper

BENKEI AND THE MOON ABOVE THE SEA (1886): Greeting Card

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 4.00 This design from One Hundred Aspects of the Moon shows Benkei praying to calm the seas at Daimotsu. Yoshitoshi transforms a famous episode from Japanese legend into a tense, elegant composition where moonlight, movement and faith combine with haunting force. * A6 size (148mm x 105mm) * Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper

LADIES IN WAITING OF THE CHIYODA PALACE

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 4.00 Chikanobu’s composition transforms courtly elegance into quiet heroism, presenting women as vigilant protectors. The interplay of fire and composure symbolises resilience, while evoking nostalgia for disciplined palace life amid Japan’s shifting cultural and societal landscape. * A6 size (148mm x 105mm) * Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper

DRAGON IN THE CLOUDS (1832): Japanese Greeting Card

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 4.00 Totoya Hokkei, a noted pupil of Hokusai, depicts a powerful dragon emerging through swirling clouds. The dynamic composition and fluid lines express vitality and movement, embodying the creature’s symbolic associations with strength, wisdom, and the harmonious balance between the earthly and celestial realms. • A6 size (148mm x 105mm) • Luxury pearlescent…

BEAUTIES MAKING KIMONO (1885): Japanese Greeting Card

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 4.00 Traditional kimono is made out of a narrow width bolt of dyed silk, cotton, hemp or wool, cut into rectangular shapes and sewn together with a silk thread. When cleaning, the pieces are taken apart, cleaned and assembled again. • A6 size (148mm x 105mm) • Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper

SANKEI-EN: Japanese Greeting Card

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 4.00 After collecting parts of buildings from various locations in Japan, a silk trader from Yokohama, Sankei Hara, began the construction of Sankei-en, a traditional Japanese-style garden in 1902. * A6 size (148mm x 105mm) * Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper *

KAGURAZAKA STREET (1929): Japanese Greeting Card

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 4.00 During the early 20th century, Kagurazaka, located in Tokyo, was renowned as an entertainment district, filled with geisha houses and traditional Japanese restaurants, some of which survive to this day. * A6 size (148mm x 105mm) * Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper

BEAUTY ARRANGING IRIS (1870): Japanese Greeting Card

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 4.00 From the series Parody of Day and Night in Twenty Four Hours by artist Kunichika is regarded as one of his finest series depicting beauties in various aspects of lives. A courtesan is portrayed at 8am arranging iris flowers in a vase. • A6 size (148mm x 105mm) • Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper

GEISHA OF YANAGIBASHI (1870): Japanese Greeting Card

Vendor: Ezen Trade Type: Price: 3.50 From the series, Thirty-six Restaurants of Tokyo, the artist Kunichika (1835-1900) depicts popular geisha with a square inset showing the eatery - in this case, their speciality dish. The geisha named Some is portrayed playfully holding up a cat. * A6 size (148mm x 105mm) * Luxury pearlescent eco-certified paper