The two postcards featured here are customary New Year’s greetings, postmarked January 2, 1889, and January 1, 1890, from Echigo Niigata (越後新潟). The sender, identified as Hisada Michi, provided a return address listed as Niigata-shi (新潟市), though his full address remains indecipherable. Despite this small glimpse into his identity, there is no additional correspondence from Michi to Maeda Yoshihiko, suggesting their connection may have been distant, marked only by the tradition of exchanging New Year’s greetings.
Customary in Japan, New Year postcards are a way to convey good wishes and maintain social ties, even among acquaintances. The lack of further correspondence hints that Michi and Maeda’s relationship might not have extended beyond formal gestures of courtesy. Unfortunately, efforts to uncover more about Hisada Michi have yielded no further insights, leaving him a fleeting figure in the historical narrative tied only to these thoughtful, ephemeral greetings.
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