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切手趣味週間 << 2000年(平成12年) 4月20日 >> 2-5-274

Philatelic Week Issued on April 20, 2000 (Heisei 12)

Philatelic Week Issued on April 20, 2000 (Heisei 12)
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued stamp hobby weekly stamps in April 2000. This time, Hashimoto Gahō's painting "Ryutorazu" was adopted. Gahōis a painter who is in a position to bridge the "modern" and "modern" of Japanese painting with Hōgai of the same gate. Contributed to the innovation of Japanese painting. At the Tokyo Academy of Fine Arts, he teaches Kanzan Shimomura, Taikan Yokoyama, Shunsou Hishida, Kogetsu Saigo, Kawai Gyokudo, and Seisui Hashimoto, who were called the four heavenly kings of Gahō.