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切手趣味週間 << 1977年(昭和52年) 4月20日 >> 2-4-357

Philatelic Week Issued on April 20, 1977 (Showa 52)

Philatelic Week Issued on April 20, 1977 (Showa 52) In April 1977, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued stamp hobby weekly stamps (continuous printing). This year, "Hataorizu (a figure of a woman making a kimono fabric)" was adopted. "Hataorizu" is a genre painting in the early Edo period, which is a folding screen depicting a woman who works as a hataori in detail using full-scale gold paint. It is estimated that this painting was made by a painter of the Iwasa group around 1615-44.