C1995a | C1995b |
Issue | Kokinshu and Shin-Kokinshu Anniversaries | |
First Day | 1 September 2005 | |
Value | 80 yen x 2, se-tenant pair | |
Designs | C1995a | Ono-no Komachi, waka poet |
C1995b | Fujiwara-no Sadaie, waka poet (1162-1241) | |
Size | 28.0 x 37.0 mm | |
Printing | Offset in 6 colours | |
Sheet | 10 stamps (2 x 5) | |
Designer | Hoshiyama Ayaka (stamp designer) | |
Printer | Cartor Security Printing |
[Note on the Stamps]
Kokinshu (Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times) was
officially commissioned under Emperor Daigo and completed in 905. Shin-Kokinshu
was ordered by retired emperor Gotoba and completed in 1205. Stamps depict
the representative poets of the greatest Imperial anthologies of classical
Japanese poetry.