My Favourite Song Series 8

C1621(50 yen):"As a river flows" C1622(80 yen):"Song of the four seasons"

Issue	My Favourite Song Series 8
Date of Issue	26 January 1999 (Heisei 11)
Denominations	C1621: 50 yen	C1622: 80 yen
Quantity	24,000,000 copies	30,000,000 copies
Designs	Kawano nagareno-youni (As a river flows)	Shiki-no uta (Song of the four seasons)
Image Area	25.0 x 33.5 millimeters, vertical	25.3 x 33.5 millimeters, vertical
Printing	Photogravure in 6 colours	Photogravure in 6 colours
Sheet	20 stamps (4 x 5)	20 stamps (4 x 5)
Designers	Kayama Matazou	Nagata Moe
First Day of Issue Postmark	530-8799 Osaka Central Post Office

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

C1621(50 yen): Kawano nagareno-youni (As a river flows)
This song was composed by Mitake Akira with the words written by Akijmoto Yasushi. One of the representative songs of Misora Hibari (1937-1989), who was also depicted in commemorative stamps of Fifty Postwar Memorable Year Series. (C1554-1555, issued on 8 November 1996).

C1622(80 yen):Shiki-no uta (Song of the four seasons)
The song was made by Araki Toyohisa. Nagata Moe, the illustrator of the stamp, has provided many illustrations for Japanese commemorative stamps, mostly the ones for Letter Writing Day in July.
List of the stamps by Nagata Moe, the illustrator

C930	23 July 1982	Letter Writing Day
C956	23 July 1983	Letter Writing Day
C991	23 July 1984	Letter Writing Day
C1228	23 July 1988	Letter Writing Day
C1254	1 June 1989	International Garden and Greenery Exposition, Osaka
C1304- 1306	23 July 1990	Letter Writing Day
C1370- 1371	23 July 1991	Letter Writing Day