JAPAN 1999 MEN OF CULTURE ISSUE 8 COMP. SET OF 3 STAMPS SC#2717-2719 IN FINE USED CONDITION.

This issue feature (1) Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972), a novelist; the only Japanese to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature (1968). (2) Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), he was one of the representative painters in Japan. He entered the studio of ukiyoe painter Katsukawa Shunsho. After the death of his teacher Shunsho in 1792, he studied paintings of Rimpa and other schools and established his own style. Hokusai's celebrated series of landscape prints the Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji begun to appear by 1831. - See issues of International Letter Writing Week series fior his artworks. Lastly, (3) Uemura Shoen (1875-1949), a painter; famous for her paintings of beautiful women. Don't miss this great item for your collection.  Please refer to the picture for the sample item(s). 

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