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切手趣味週間 << 1965年(昭和40年) 4月20日 >> 2-4-176

Philatelic Week Issued on April 20, 1965 (Showa 40)

Philatelic Week Issued on April 20, 1965 (Showa 40) In April 1965, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued stamp hobby weekly stamps. This time, "Jo no Mai" drawn by Uemura Shoen was designed. "Ukiyo-e" has been adopted for nine years from 1955, but from this time, paintings by famous painters after the Meiji era have been adopted. Uemura Shoen is one of Japan's leading female painters, and she has drawn many "bijin-ga" in pursuit of the neat beauty of Japanese women, and she has been awarded the Order of Culture.