Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Autograph picture postcard signed (‘Albert’) to Michele and Anna Besso, Nara [Japan], 19 December 1922.

In German, half page, 85 x 135mm. The recto bearing a photograph of the Higashi Honganji (Temple), Kyoto.

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Published in Pierre Speziali (ed.) Albert Einstein. Michele Besso. Correspondance 1903-1955. Paris: Hermann, 1972. No. 69

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A postcard from Japan.

'People and art of great delicacy and finesse. Not as mysterious as Hearn sees them, but sensitive and natural with it'. His host, J. Ishihara, is delightful, and also a poet.

Einstein's reference is to the Irish-American author Lafcadio Hearn, who wrote on Japanese subjects.