丸屋徳次郎、丸屋旅館 to Hilda Trautz *

丸屋旅館 to Hilda Trautz

This postcard, postmarked from Hirado on January 1, 1933, was sent by Tokujiro Maruya from Maruya Ryokan in Hirado-cho, Kitamatsuura-gun, Nagasaki Prefecture (丸屋徳次郎、丸屋旅館, 長崎県北松浦郡平戸町). Despite efforts, no information could be found about this man or his inn. In the postcard, Maruya addresses the recipients, Mr. and Mrs. Trautz, as simply トラウツ様 and ヒルタ様, an unusual way of addressing a married couple. This suggests that Maruya may not have been aware that both recipients shared the surname Trautz.