Stamp: Murasaki Shikibu (English: Lady Murasaki; c.978–c.1031) (Japan(Letter Writing Day 2008) Mi:JP 4559,Sn:JP 3042,Yt:JP 4384,Sg:JP 3774,Sak:JP C2039a,WAD:JP113.2008 📮

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Murasaki Shikibu (English: Lady Murasaki; c.978–c.1031)

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Country:
Japan
Series:
Letter Writing Day 2008
Catalog codes:
Michel JP 4559
Stamp Number JP 3042
Yvert et Tellier JP 4384
Stanley Gibbons JP 3774
Sakura JP C2039a
WADP Numbering System - WNS JP113.2008
Themes:
Authors | Famous People | Literary People (Poets and Writers) | Paintings | Stylized Figures / Persons | Suits and Costumes | Women
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Size:
26 x 30 mm
Colors:
Multicolor
Format:
Stamp
Emission:
Commemorative
Perforation:
comb 13½
Printing:
Photogravure
Gum:
Ordinary
Face value:
50 ¥ - Japanese yen
Score:
43% Accuracy: High
Description:
Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1012.
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The theme of the stamps is "Hyakunin-isshu (100 waka poems)", and the designs are based on Japanese playing cards, so-called "Korin Karuta". The poems are selected from the era of "The Tale of Genji".
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