The 20th Century Stamp Series 5


C1731a: Film, "Kurama Tengu"	C1731b: First Metro (1927)	C1731c: Metro in Tokyo (1927)	C1731d: Radio Calisthenics

C1731e: Amsterdam Olympic Games, Tsuruta Yoshiyuki	C1731f: Amsterdam Olympic Games, Oda Mikio	C1731g: Amsterdam Olympic Games (1928)	C1731h: Amsterdam Olympic Games, Hitome Kinu'e

	C1731i: Heyday of Cafe	C1731j: Hayashi Fumiko

Issue	The 20th Century Stamp Series 5
Date of Issue	21 January 2000 (Heisei 12)
Denominations	50 yen x 2: (C1731b-c) 80 yen x 8
Quantity	7,000,000 copies each (7,000,000 sheets)
Designs	C1731a: Film "Kurama Tengu"	C1731b: First Metro in Asia (A)
	C1731c: First Metro in Asia (B)	C1731d: Radio calisthenics
	C1731e: Amsterdam Olympic Games Tsuruta Yoshiyuki	C1731f: Amsterdam Olympic Games Oda Mikio
	C1731g: Amsterdam Olympic Games (1928)	C1731h: Amsterdam Olympic Games Hitomi Kinu'e
	C1731i: Heyday of Cafe	C1731j: Hayashi Fumiko
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	A sheet of ten stamps (Picture of the sheet)
Sheet Size	140.25 x 212.5 millimeters
Designer	Morita Motoharu
First Day of Issue Postmarki	Tokyo Central Post Office

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(Small Notes for the Issue)
The fifth series depicts the six subjects, which represent the years from 1927 to 1928.
C1731a: Film "Kurama Tengu"(1927) starring Arashi Kanjurou.
C1731b-c: December 1927, the first metro in Japan and Asia was opened to public between Ueno and Asakusa in Tokyo, which is a part of the present Ginza Line.
C1731d: Radio calisthenics started in November 1928.
C1731e: Amsterdam Olympic games (1928). Tsuruta Yoshiyuki set a new Olympic record of 2:48.4 in the 200-meter breast stroke, becoming the first Japanese swimmer to win a gold medal.
C1731f: Amsterdam Olympic games (1928). Oda Mikio became Japan's first Olympic gold medal holder bywinning the riple jump competition.
C1731g: Amsterdam Olympic games (1928).
C1731h: Amsterdam Olympic games (1928). Hitomi Kinu'e placed second in the 800-meter run, becoming the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic medal.
C1731i: Heyday of Cafe.
C1731j: "Hourouki (Journal of a Vagabond)" by Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951).