Do you have “Day of Letter” or something similar in your country? In Japan, 23rd of each month is fumi no hi, literally means “Letter’s Day”, because 2 and 3 are read as fu (2) and mi (3) in Japanese that together sound the same as the word fumi which means “letter”. And every year on July 23rd, Japan Post issues commemorative stamps with nice designs and also has some events relating to letter-writing to let people become more familiar with the culture of letter-writing. These are this year’s commemorative stamps that I bought yesterday. I'm glad that they weren't sold out yet. :) I love them!
The one on the left is 80yen stamps (about US$1.25/0.80euro), and on the right is 50yen stamps (about US$0.65/0.50euro).
These designs both come from Hyakunin isshu or literally “100 people, one poem each.” It’s a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets from the late 7th century to the 13th century. Hyakunin Isshu is also known as a card game in which the players match the first part (the combination of 5-7-5 letters) and the second part (7-7 letters) of each poem (the cards look like these stamps with the picture of the poet and his/her poem written), and many of us have played this card game when we were kids. I was always slow finding the matching card so don’t have a great memory about it though…T.T
I like cute stamps like Disney and Hello Kitty, but I also enjoy these kind of Japanese designs. :) I hope my pals will enjoy them, too!
I like cute stamps like Disney and Hello Kitty, but I also enjoy these kind of Japanese designs. :) I hope my pals will enjoy them, too!
日本では、毎月２３日は「ふ（２）み（３）」の語呂合わせから「ふみの日」ですが、７月２３日は７月が文月ということで「文月のふみの日」として色々なイベント等があります。ふみの日切手の発行もそのひとつ。少し遅れましたが、今年のふみの日切手を買ってきました。
百人一首を題材にした切手です。百人一首とは百人の歌を一首ずつ選んで集めたもので、このふみの日切手は藤原定家が７世紀から１３世紀までの歌を編纂した小倉百人一首が題材です。上の句を読んで下の句のカルタを探す。昔よく遊びました。あまり上手だった思いではありませんが…（＾＾；ディズニーやハローキティなどの可愛い切手も好きですが、こういった日本風の切手も大好きです。ペンパル達が楽しんでくれますように。
↓いつもありがとうございます。押していただけると励みになります☆
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