Japanese Stamps Digital Museum

近代洋風建築シリーズ 第5・6集 << 1982年(昭和57年) 6月12日 / 9月10日 >> 2-4-439

Modern Western-style Architecture Series 3
Issued on 6. 12, / 9. 10, 1982 (Showa57)

Modern Western-style Architecture Series 3
Issued on 6. 12, / 9. 10, 1982 (Showa57)
After the Meiji era, in order to build the city necessary for modernization, Japan acquired Western building technology and invited foreign architects to build buildings that followed modern European buildings one after another. In this way, Japanese architecture was modernized, but the great earthquakes such as the Great Kanto Earthquake caused great damage to brick buildings, and as a result, interest in Japan's unique earthquake-resistant structural technology increased.The stamp designs 20 typical Western-style buildings built after the Meiji era.This leaf publishes the 5th and 6th collections.