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なら・シルクロード博 << 1988年(昭和63年) 4月23日 >> 2-4-591

Silk Road Exposition, Nara, 1988
Issued on May 23, 1988 (Showa 63)

Silk Road Exposition, Nara, 1988 Issued on May 23, 1988 (Showa 63) The Nara Silk Road Expo is an exposition held in Nara City in April 1988. It was held mainly at venues around Nara Park. Even after the closing, the history of the Silk Road and its relationship with Nara are exhibited and introduced at the Silk Road Exchange Center in Nara Park. The stamp was issued in commemoration of this exposition, and was designed with "Raden Rosewood Five-String Biwa no Kanpachi". * Raden made of shells depicts Hu people (Chinese non-Han people in the 3rd and 4th centuries) playing biwa on tropical trees and Asuka and camels.