Antique map - Illustrated atlas centered on Japan 1930
Poster sold unframed but easy to frame!
This poster is sold rolled up inside a rigid protective tube. Our sizes are standard and you will easily find a frame or poster hanger (magnetic poster holder) to suit your taste!
Description
Japan's vision of the world in 1930! 🎌
This map is a Sugoroku (a traditional Japanese board game similar to Snakes and Ladders) titled "Sekai Mankyu Sugoroku" (世界漫遊双六), which can be translated as "Traveling the World for Fun".
It is the work of Suiho Tagawa (1899–1989), a pioneer of modern manga who is best known for creating, shortly after this map (in 1931), the iconic character Norakuro, who captivated an entire generation in Japan. His style is recognizable here by its round, expressive, and humorous characters. 🎎
✈️ The map depicts an imaginary journey around the globe aboard various modern means of transport for the time: zeppelins, ocean liners, and airplanes. It shows characters in kimonos alongside New York skyscrapers or Egyptian pyramids.
Note that the map is not drawn to scientific scale. It is a Japan-centric vision of the world, reflecting the growing openness and curiosity of the Japanese public about the West and exoticism during the interwar period.
The numbered red circles are the game spaces. Players rolled dice to move from country to country, each stage illustrated by a cultural cliché or a famous monument. 🏛️
Today, it is a highly sought-after collector's item for its "Retro-Kawaii" aesthetic and its importance in the history of Japanese graphic design.
Creative paper
For vintage paper posters, we use a natural-toned and textured, slightly grained, 200 gsm FSC®-certified fine art paper. We chose this paper for its durability and to preserve its vintage look: it is an uncoated paper, so the colors will have an "aged" appearance that stays true to the spirit of the original card.
If you would like to get an idea of how the printed result will look, which is always different from what you see on screen, please contact us and we will be happy to help! Rest assured that we will do our utmost to respond to your request as quickly as possible!
Shipping costs
For shipping, we use Colissimo by La Poste.
You can choose your Colissimo pickup point after paying for your order (you have 10 business days to collect your order).
We recommend choosing delivery to a pickup point, as you can select the one that suits you, to avoid being delivered to a pickup point you cannot choose if you are not home for a home delivery with Colissimo.
- Mainland France : €6 to a pickup point, €8 for home delivery without signature, €9 for home delivery with signature, free delivery to a pickup point on orders over €60
- Europe (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland): €12, free delivery on orders over €100
- United Kingdom: €18, free delivery on orders over €120
Manufacturing and delivery
For paper posters : we print to order in our workshop in Bordeaux.
- We prepare orders within 24 to 48 hours (Monday to Friday) after receipt of payment and hand over the packages on day 2/3. Colissimo then delivers within 3 to 4 days.
- If your order contains several posters, they will be shipped in a single shipping tube.
If you wish to receive your posters in separate tubes, you will need to place as many orders as desired tubes.
- Please allow a total delivery time of 5 to 7 business days to receive your order (excluding holiday periods or exceptional circumstances).
- For urgent orders, you can call us at 05 56 02 03 20 or write to us at bonjour@cartopolo.fr
For complaints related to delivery, you have a maximum of 7 days from the receipt of the package, dated by the delivery notice, to send them to us. Sending photos of the packaging, the shipping label attached to the packaging, as well as the product will facilitate the processing of your request.
Satisfied or your money back!
Not satisfied or have you changed your mind? You have 14 days from the date of receipt to return your order to us.
Once the returned product has been received by Cartopolo in perfect condition in its unopened original packaging, the refund will be issued to the credit card used for the purchase within 30 days.
Returns are only accepted for standard products from our online catalog. Any order that has been customized cannot be returned or refunded.
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