Orient calls / Satomi. – Antique Print
![Orient calls / Satomi., [19]36 (Japan : The Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.) — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1e/1e1eba8a1c7e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Orient calls / Satomi. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Orient calls / Satomi.
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Orient calls" is the slogan that sets this 1936 poster apart, inviting travelers to see Japan as a destination of distant, exotic appeal. The poster, credited to Satomi, was printed in color by the Toppan Printing Company in Japan. Tourism posters from the 1930s were often commissioned to attract foreign visitors, and they frequently paired modern graphic design with traditional imagery. Worth noticing is how such posters presented Japan as both a modern nation and a land of older culture, a message typical of the period's travel campaigns.
| Created / published | [19]36 (Japan : The Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Travel posters Japanese 1930-1940.Prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Japan. E8. 1936. |
| Subjects | Tourism--Japan--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,159 × 1,449 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216420 |
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