
COURTESAN KARAUTA READING A BOOK: Japanese Greeting Card
Text on the reverse side: The world’s first full-length novel is said to be the Tale of Genji written by the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu a...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The world’s first full-length novel is said to be the Tale of Genji written by the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu a...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: An estimate of the number of books ever published, was announced by google back in 2010. It reached the impressive number...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The most famous cat and mouse duo, is the creation dating back to 1940 of Tom and Jerry who became iconic figures of the ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Painted by Carl Spitzweg c.1850, the library is decorated in rococo style with a man standing at the top of a ladder. His...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The oldest known confection in the world is the Linzer Torte, a tart with jam and a lattice pasty top, which shows up not...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: From a magazine cover (1906) by Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa (Portugal). The moon has always been a popular theme and a...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Many of us love the smell of old books, with the aroma of dust and all its history. Other times we enjoy smelling brand n...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The English inventor Henry Mill had patented a similar machine long ago in 1714, which never seems to have gone into prod...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: When browsing in bookstores, people will on average spend eight seconds looking at the front cover followed by fifteen s...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The largest published book is an edition of “The Little Prince” which measures over 2m in height, 3m wide when open. Pre...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The book “Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters” depicts the daytime activities of the courtesans such as re...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Books in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1867) were almost exclusively produced by woodblock printing, and printed on J...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The image depicts a woman, perhaps a college student, reading inside a room filled with books. Above her head, a sign "Do...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Illustration by Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863 - 1935), an American Illustrator who was active during the Golden Age of Illust...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: According to the National Sleep Foundation, a bedtime reading ritual helps to prepare the body for sleep, aiding the mind...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: A bibliophile is one who loves to read, and collect books, often with an extensive collection of books. Beware not to suc...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Reading is the top favourite pastime of many people. Studies also prove that they are also a brilliant aid with any stres...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The world is filled with so many books. Even so, there can be times when we may fear running out of something to read. Th...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: For reading comprehension, several brain regions are involved. The temporal lobe responsible for decoding and discriminat...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Unlike the joy of sunbathing, or devouring a board of cheese and wine, the act of reading is a passion without any unwant...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The labelling of wine has been around for centuries. The tomb of King Tutankhamen, who died in 1352 BC, was laden with wi...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The poetess Ono no Komachi is considered one of the best waka poets of the Heian Period (794- 1185). She is also praised ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Ever wondered which nation leads in the battle of book reading? This is in fact Iceland, where people read more books per...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: It is said that the longest sentence published in literature belongs to Victor Hugo from Les Misérables where there is a ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: One of the world’s most impressive private book collection with over 300,000 volumes belongs to Karl Lagerfeld, who stat...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The Guinness Book of World Records states that Holmes has appeared in a total of 254 movies and TV shows, making Holmes t...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: We are made whole by books, as by great space and the stars. Mary Carolyn Davies, 20thC American Poet. A6 size (148mm x...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Two children reading c.1919 by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, an Australian illustrator of children's books. The artist first pub...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: In the Odyssey, is one of the first dogs ever to be named in Western literature - Argos. Having waited for his master to ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Print form the series “Eight Contemporary Poems of Love” by Utamaro Kitagawa (c.1753-1806), an artist is considered one o...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The first fountain pen with a built in reservoir was produced in 1844. The first nibs were made of gold alloys. They were...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: By British artist William Wood (1769–1810). Wood began formal training at the Royal Academy in 1785 aged sixteen. He was ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The smell of a book can be a reminder of things past, with all the linked memories, but also, the smell acts as a trigger...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The earliest written record describing a palette is by the Dukes of Burgundy in the late 1460s as 'trenchers of wood for ...
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