Okoshi Daiko Traditional Drum Festival

R236

Issue	Okoshi Daiko Traditional Drum Festival
Prefecture	Gifu
Date of Issue	19 March 1998 (Heisei 10)
Denomination	80 yen
Quantity	12,400,000 copies
Design	Okoshi Daiko Traditional Drum Festival
Image Area	22.5 x 33.0 mm, vertical
Printing	Photogravure in 5 colours
Sheet	20 stamps (4 x 5)
Designer	Taguchi Aiko
Sold at	Post offices in Toukai, and the post offices (1) and (2) on the menu page
First Day of Issue Postmark	Hida-furukawa Post Office
Catalog No.	R236

Okoshi Daiko Traditional Drum Festival, Pane

Issue	Okoshi Daiko Traditional Drum Festival, Pane
Price	800 yen (80 yen x 10)
Quantity	360,000 panes
Pane Size	51.0 x 190.0 mm, vertical
Pane	10 stamps (2 x 5)
Catalog No.	R236P

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) and SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

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(Small Notes for the Issue)

"Okoshi Daiko," a traditional drum festival of Hida region for over four hundred years, is one of he Important Intangible Culture Properties in Japan. The stamp depicts the procession of a float for a drum in Hida-Furukawa, the town of white walls and earthen warehouses.