IMPERIAL JAPAN postage stamp, issued in 1916, featured a Mandarin duck and chrysanthemum design. This commemorative stamp celebrated the Enthronement of Emperor Yoshihito, posthumously honoured as Emperor Taishō. It had a face value of 1½ sen (1.5 sen); the text on the stamp, "厘五錢壹", translates to "One sen, five rin," which is equivalent to 1.5 sen. The special cancellation stamp indicates "S" and "N", meaning was used.
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This rare and early Meiji art postcard combines a graceful bijin (beautiful woman) in a kimono, painted by Ryuuho Shimazaki, titled “Moon (Part II)”.
This design is part of Bunten art history and was exhibited at the Ministry of Education Art Exhibition (Bunten) in Tokyo.
