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昔ばなしシリーズ 第5集 (こぶとりじいさん) << 1974年(昭和49年) 9月9日 >> 2-4-306

Japanese Folktale Series No.5 Issued on 9. 9, 1974 (Showa49)

No5. An old man who prayed at a shrine and had a demon remove his hump.

Japanese Folktale Series 5 Issued on 9. 9, 1974 (Showa49) From 1973 to 1975, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued seven old story series stamps. Old tales are one of the Japanese folk tales. Born from the lives of the people and oral traditions by the people, it is one of the oral literature and folk materials. Recently,it has been made into a TV animation and a video animation.