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切手趣味週間 << 1967年(昭和42年) 4月20日 >> 8-4-60

Philatelic Week Issued on Apr. 20, 1967 (Showa42)

Philatelic Week Issued on Apr. 20, 1967 (Showa42) Okinawa Stamps Hobby Week stamps feature many crafts and works of art from the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom era. This time, the "kitchen bottle" was adopted. Zushigame (Okinawa: Zushigame) is an urn found in the Nansei Islands region centered on Okinawa Prefecture. In Okinawa, the dead have been under the cliff since ancient times.There was a custom of carrying it to a cave and making it a burial. This later developed into a custom of washing the bones of the corpse, which is called bone-washing, after the brass burial, and storing the ashes in a bone storage vessel. After the war, with the spread of cremation, the demand for the original urn (urn) has been declining. Reference: Free encyclopedia "Wikipedia" 2022.3