Japan stamps 1956

Japan, 1956: the 17 stamps issued that year, with photos, face values, catalogue values and details.

• New Year's Greetings: Danjiri Whale Folk Toy - Nagasaki — 5 ¥
• Japan Machinery Floating Trade Fair — 10 ¥
• Electrification of Tokaido Railway Line — 10 ¥
• Conquest of Mount Manaslu, Nepal — 10 ¥
• Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō by Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 — 10 ¥
• Long Jump — 5 ¥
• Basketball — 5 ¥
• Completion of Sakuma Dam — 10 ¥
• Osezaki Lighthouse — 5 ¥
• Kujūku Islands — 10 ¥
• 500th Anniversary of Tokyo — 10 ¥
• Japanese Emperor (Sasakia charonda) — 75 ¥
• Himeji Castle - Hyōgo Prefecture — 14 ¥
• Marimo Moss Balls (Aegagropila Linnaei) — 55 ¥
• International Children's Day — 5 ¥
• 1st World Judo Championships, Tokyo — 10 ¥
• 1956 World Table Tennis Championships, Tokyo — 10 ¥