Eto Calligraphy

G94a G94b G94c
G94d G94e G94f
G94g G94h G94i G94j

Isseu Eto Calligraphy
First Day October 30, 2014
Value ¥82 x 10, sheet of ten
Designs G94a -hitsuji, an ancient writing of sheep in wood curving letters
(Usuda Tosen)
G94b -hitsuji in bamboo slips text in Han dynasty
(Inoue Nangaku)
G94c -hitsuji in seal script
Nakahara Shiken)
G94d -hitsuji in sosho style around Tang dynasty
(Kotake Sekiun)
G94e -hitsuji in gyosho style
(Fujino Hokushin)
G94f -hitsuji in hiragana
(Koyama Yasuko)
G94g -hitsuji in modernized oracle bone script
(Funamoto Houn)
G94h -hitsuji inspired by bronze script in Zhou dynasty
(Nakano Hokumei)
G94i -hitsuji, an icon of sheep in seal curving in Shang dynasty
(Seki Masato)
G94j -hitsuji in transitional form from reisho to kaisho style
(Sadamasa Shotou)
Designer Kaifuchi Junko (stamp designer)
Printing Offset in 5 colors and embossing
Size 28.05 x 36.5 mm, vertical
Sheet 10 stamps Sheet

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


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(Small Notes for the issue)
According to the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, 2015 is the year of Kinotohitsuji (hitsuji, Sheep). The stamps depict the characters for "Kinotohitsuji" in various calligraphic styles. Salvage of the sheet shows "Shinshu-Nakano Tuchi ningyo no Hitsuji" .