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切手趣味週間 << 1970年(昭和45年) 4月20日 >> 2-4-251

Philatelic Week Issued on April 20, 1970 (Showa 45)

Philatelic Week Issued on April 20, 1970 (Showa 45) The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued stamp hobby week stamps in April 1969. This time, "Mrs.'s figure" drawn by Saburosuke Okada was adopted. Saburosuke Okada is a Western-style painter and printmaker who was active from the Meiji era to the Showa era. He specializes in female figures and has left excellent works in Western-style paintings with a Japanese feel.  He is a professor at Tokyo Fine Arts School (currently Tokyo University of the Arts) and received the 1st Order of Culture.