Yusei Jiguocho Stamp of Yomei Gate, Tosho Shrine and Postcards of Itsukushima Shrine and Yasukuni Shrine

YUSEI JIGYOCHO (Japan Postal Agency) issued in 1926 a red engraved stamp representing the Yomei Gate, Tosho Shrine, Nikko.

 

Yasukuni Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja, lit. 'Peaceful Country Shrine') is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954, including war criminals. The shrine's purpose has been expanded over the years to include those who died in the wars involving Japan spanning from the entire Meiji and Taishō periods, and the earlier part of the Shōwa period.

Of the 2,466,532 people named in the shrine's Book of Souls, 1,068 are war criminals or alleged war criminals including fourteen men charged with Class A war crimes (eleven were convicted on those charges, one was found not guilty of Class A but guilty of Class B, two died during or before trial) by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, following World War II.

 

The postcard shows the Itsukushima Shrine (Itsukushima-jinja), which is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating" torii gate. It is in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan, accessible from the mainland by ferry. It is said to have been erected in 593 CE supposedly by Saeki Kuramoto during the reign of Empress Suiko (592–628 CE).