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 JAPAN STAMPS COLLECTION

Year of issue 2004 (Oct to Dec)

WMA General Assembly, Tokyo, Date of issue 6th Oct 2004

International Letter Writing Week, Date of issue 8th Oct 2004

Cultural Leaders, Date of issue 4th November 2004

Isamu Noguchi - American Artist

Koga Masao - Japanese Compose

Cultural Heritage of Shikoku's Eighty-eight Temples, Date of issue 5th November 2004

New Year - Year of the Rooster, Date of issue 5th November 2004

New Year - Year of the Rooster - Lottery Stamps, Date of issue 5th November 2004

Science, Technology and Animation, Date of issue 22nd November 2004

Television set

Plastic optical fiber

Doraemon

Greetings in Kanji Calligraphy, Date of issue 1st December 2004

Kotobuki (Longevity)

Ya purana roop (long life)

Take (bamboo - longevity, strength, and good fortune)

Fuku (good fortune)

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 JAPAN STAMPS COLLECTION

Year of issue 2004 (July to Sep)

50th Anniversary of the Present Police Law, Date of issue 1st July 2004

Letter Writing Day, Date of issue 23rd July 2004

Letter Writing Day, Date of issue 23rd July 2004

One side Imperf.

Olympic Games - Athens, Greece, Date of issue 6th August 2004

Prefectural Stamps - Toyama - Owara Dance in Bon Festival of Wind, Date of issue 20th August 2004

Science, Technology and Animation, Date of issue 23rd August 2004

New KS steel

Fuel cell

150th Anniversary of the USA-Japan Relationship, Date of issue 22nd September 2004

Mount Fiji - Painting by Frederic Harris

Cafe - Painting by Yasua Kuniyoshi

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BUDDHISM IN JAPAN STAMPS COLLECTION

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Byodoin Temple, Date of issue 24th May 1991

Kondo Hall, Horyuji Temple - Buddhist Pagoda - UNESCO World Heritage Site, Date of issue 22nd February 1995

Prefectural Stamps - Shiga - Buddhist Temple, Date of issue 1st July 1996

Kofukuji, Nara - Buddhist Temple, Date of issue 15th November 1996

Prefectural Stamps - Hiroshima, Itsukushima Shrine Is most attritive tourist place in Japan, This Shrine listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, This island was understood as the home of the Bodhisattva. Itsukushima means island dedicated to the Gods. Date of issue 6th July 1998

To-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan - Five-storied Pagoda, Date of issue 22nd June 2001

Bodhisattva floating on Clouds (Statue), Byodoin Temple, Date of issue 16th August 2001

World Heritage - Temples and Statues in the Ancient Capital of Nara, Date of issue 21st June 2002

Nandaimon (Great South Gate) of Todai-ji Temple in Nara

Four Heavenly Kings (Shitenno)

Early 8th-century Nara-period Buddhist architecture

Kofuku-ji Temple

Kofuku-ji Ashura Statue

Kofuku-ji Buddha Head

World Heritage - Temples and Statues in the Ancient Capital of Nara, Date of issue 23rd July 2002

Standing Thousand-Armed Kannon (Senju Kannon) statue

Heijo Palace Site – Suzaku Gate

Shwedagon Pagoda - Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Date of issue 16th June 2003

Five-story Pagoda at Murou-ji Temple, Date of issue 26th April 2004

This Japanese stamps portrays the Shikoku Eighty-eight Temples Pilgrimage, a sacred Buddhist journey. It reflects Japan’s spiritual heritage, devotion to Kukai (Kobo Daishi), and the enduring tradition of pilgrimage across Shikoku, Date of issue 5th November 2004

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