Japan stamps 1999

Japan, 1999: the 156 stamps issued that year, with photos, face values, catalogue values and details.

• Tsumasaburo Bandō (silent film star, 1925) — 50 ¥
• First Hakone-Tokyo Relay Race, 1920 — 80 ¥
• Popularity of "Gondola Song" Record, Spread of Phonographs — 80 ¥
• Great Kanto Earthquake (1 September 1923) — 80 ¥
• "Nonki na Tosan" (1923) — 80 ¥
• "The Adventures of Sho-chan" (1923) — 80 ¥
• Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) — 80 ¥
• Opening of the Koshien Baseball Stadium (1924) — 80 ¥
• Kakunodate Samurai House — 80 ¥
• Year of the Dragon — 50+3 ¥
• Year of the Dragon — 80+3 ¥
• Chinese Phoenix Embroidery (Engiraku costume) — 80 ¥
• Kawabata Yasunari (1899~1972) — 80 ¥
• Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) — 80 ¥
• Uemura Shoen (1875 - 1949) — 80 ¥
• Tojinbo Cliffs — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniversary of the National Science Council — 80 ¥
• Shikina-en Gardens — 50 ¥
• Hossie, Yokohama Bay Stars Mascot (Central League) — 80 ¥
• Shaoron, Chunichi Dragon Mascot (Central League) — 80 ¥
• Leo, Seibu Lions Mascot (Pacific League) — 80 ¥
• Fighty, Nippon Ham Fighters Mascot (Pacific League) — 80 ¥
• Giabbit, Yomiuri Giants Mascot (Central League) — 80 ¥
• Tsubakurou, Yakult Swallows Mascot (Central League) — 80 ¥
• Neppy, Orix Blue Wave Mascot (Pacific League) — 80 ¥
• Harry Hawk, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks Mascot (Pacific League) — 80 ¥
• Mar-kun, Chiba Lotte Marines Mascot (Pacific League) — 80 ¥
• Treasure Boat, Takehisa Yumeji — 50 ¥
• Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) — 50 ¥
• Inauguration of Tokyo Railway Station — 80 ¥
• Navy Cadets (start of First World War, 1914) — 80 ¥
• Yohatsu (western-style hair) — 80 ¥
• "Rashomon," poetry by Ryunsoke Akutagawa, 1915 — 80 ¥
• Princess and Clouds (postal life insurance, 1916) — 80 ¥
• Yoshino Sakuzō (political scientist, Taisho Democracy) — 80 ¥
• Farmers (rice riots, 1918) — 80 ¥
• Monkeys (nagano) — 80 ¥
• Beautiful Yamato (painting by Munakata Shikou) — 80 ¥
• Street, Hagi — 80 ¥
• "The Kazusa Province Sea Route" by Hokusai (1760-1849) — 90 ¥
• "Sparrow and rose mallow" by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) — 90 ¥
• "Rainstorm Beneath the Summit" by Katsushika Hokusai — 110 ¥
• "Chrysanthemums and Horsefly" by Katsushika Hokusai — 110 ¥
• "Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai — 130 ¥
• "Butterfly and peonies" by Katsushika Hokusai — 130 ¥
• International Year of Older Persons — 80 ¥
• Kiku-ningyo (chrysanthemum petal doll) — 80 ¥
• Obi Town - Nichinan Taihei Dance — 80 ¥
• Obi Town - Building and Statue — 80 ¥
• Rhythmic Sports Gymnastics — 80 ¥
• Explorer and Dog (Shirase Antarctic Expedition, 1910) — 80 ¥
• Dr. Noguchi Hideyo (Discovery of Oroya Fever Germ, 1926) — 80 ¥
• Wolf (Extinction of Indigenous Wolves, 1905) — 80 ¥
• Matsui Sumako as Kachucha in “Resurrection (Play by Shimamur — 80 ¥
• Corn — 50 ¥
• Iwajuku Paleolithic Site — 80 ¥
• Gassho-Zukuri Dancer — 80 ¥
• 54th Int'l Year Athletic Meeting, Kumamoto — 50 ¥
• Shirakami Mountains — 80 ¥
• Minamoto No Yoritomo (1147-1199) Shogun — 80 ¥
• Wagahai wa Neko de Aru (I Am a Cat) by Natsume Sōseki — 50 ¥
• Bochan (novel by Natsume Soseki) — 50 ¥
• Akiko Yosano, Cover of First Edition of "Tangled Hair" — 80 ¥
• Opening of Denkikan Movie Theatre, Asakusa — 80 ¥
• Electrification of Streetcars — 80 ¥
• Otojirō Kawakami & Sada Yacco (Details from Woodcuts) — 80 ¥
• Westernization of Fashion — 80 ¥
• Completion of Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena, 1909 — 80 ¥
• Russo-Japanese War - Soldiers on Horseback — 80 ¥
• Russo-Japanese War - Soldiers in Red Cross Tent — 80 ¥
• Hearts and Doves — 50 ¥
• Red-crowned Crane — 90 ¥
• Ritsurin Park — 80 ¥
• Traditional Fishing Boat — 80 ¥
• Koyasan Temples - Mount Koya — 80 ¥
• Koyasan Temples - Statue — 80 ¥
• Letter Writing Day — 50 ¥
• Letter Writting Day — 50 ¥
• Hello, Mrs. Giraffe — 80 ¥
• Deliver to the stars — 80 ¥
• Trumpet and I — 80 ¥
• With Feelings - Cello — 80 ¥
• Sending Your Letter — 80 ¥
• Duck Walk — 80 ¥
• Steller's Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) — 50 ¥
• Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) — 50 ¥
• Blakiston's Fish Owl (Ketupa blakistoni) — 50 ¥
• Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) — 50 ¥
• Fishermen and Lejima Tatchu Rock — 80 ¥
• 100th Anniversary of the Japanese Copyright System — 80 ¥
• 100th Anniversary of Civil and Trade Laws — 80 ¥
• Japanese Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) — 80 ¥
• Ooga Lotus Blossom — 80 ¥
• Magome inns (Nagano) — 80 ¥
• Amanohashidate sandbar — 80 ¥
• 100th Years of the Patent Attorney System — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniv. of Rehabilitation System for Offenders — 80 ¥
• Pink Morning Glory Blossom (Volubilis) — 80 ¥
• Lake Yamanaka — 80 ¥
• Saiko — 80 ¥
• Lake Shōji — 80 ¥
• Hakata Gion Festival — 80 ¥
• Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) — 80 ¥
• Spotted Seal (Phoca vitulina largha) — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniversary of Family Court — 80 ¥
• Noto Kiriko Festival — 80 ¥
• 50th Anniversary of the Land Improvement System — 80 ¥
• 100 Years of Japanese Emigration to Bolivia — 80 ¥
• 100th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Greece — 80 ¥
• National Afforestation Campaign — 50 ¥
• Lavender Field — 50 ¥
• Wheat Field — 80 ¥
• Kurashiki Sightseeing District — 80 ¥
• 100 Years of Japanese Emigration to Peru — 80 ¥
• Soma-Nomaoi-Festival — 80 ¥
• Ryukyu Dancers — 80 ¥
• Daylily — 80 ¥
• Dogo Hot Spa - Main House — 80 ¥
• Cherries — 80 ¥
• Matsumoto Castle — 80 ¥
• Kenrokuen Garden — 80 ¥
• Kenrokuen Garden — 80 ¥
• Kenrokuen Garden — 80 ¥
• Kenrokuen Garden — 80 ¥
• Firefly Squid (Watasenia scintillans) — 80 ¥
• Kurushima-kaikyo-oohashi Bridge (Shimanami highway) — 80 ¥
• Innoshima-oohashi Bridge (Shimanami Highway) — 80 ¥
• Ikushibashi Bridge (Shimanami Highway) — 80 ¥
• Hakatabashi, Ooshima-oohashi Bridges (Shimanami Highway) — 80 ¥
• Tatara-oohashi Bridge (Shimanami Highway) — 80 ¥
• Rabbits Playing in the Field in Spring — 80 ¥
• Old path for Kumano. Tsuzurato pass — 80 ¥
• Old path for Kumano. Matsumoto pass — 80 ¥
• Old path for Kumano. Umagoshi Pass — 80 ¥
• Old path for Kumano. Touri Pass — 80 ¥
• 25th General Assembly of Japan Medical Congress — 80 ¥
• 125th Anniversary of Okinawa Post — 80 ¥
• Laughing Lion Masks (Waraijishi) — 80 ¥
• Kittens (Felis silvestris catus) — 80 ¥
• Stamp Greeting. Roses — 80 ¥
• St.Bernhard Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) — 80 ¥
• Domestic Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) — 80 ¥
• Domestic Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus) — 80 ¥
• Sukiyaki, by Rokusuke Ei and Hachidai Nakamura (1961) — 50 ¥
• Early Spring, by Kazumasa Yoshimaru and Akira Nakada (1913) — 80 ¥
• Kokontei Shinshou V (died in 1973), telling "Kaendaiko" — 80 ¥
• Sanyutei Enshou VI (died in 1979), telling "Kogoto Koubei" — 80 ¥
• Lake Chuzenji. Autumn — 80 ¥
• The house of the Iwases, Nishi-Akao — 80 ¥
• Ogimachi Houses, Shirakawa — 80 ¥
• Tokamachi Snow Festival — 80 ¥
• Melting Ice — 50 ¥
• Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) — 50 ¥
• Blue Tunnels — 80 ¥
• Kawano nagareno-youni (As a river flows) — 50 ¥
• Shiki-no uta (Song of the four seasons) — 80 ¥