List of people on the postage stamps of Japan

This article lists people who have been featured on Japanese postage stamps.

Ryukyu Islands

A

Akihito (1959) Emperor of Japan
Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1999) Writer
Ando Hiroshige (1997) Painter
Arashi Kanjūrō (2000) Actor
Arisukawanomiya Taruhito (1896) Royal Family
Atsumi Kiyoshi (2000, 2006) Actor

B

Bandō Tsumasaburō (1999) Actor
Beethoven, Ludwig van (2005) German composer
Buchanan, James (1960) American President

C

Chishū Ryū (2006) Actor
Clark, William S. (2001 L) Professor
Chiossone, Edoardo (1994) Engraving specialist

D

Daidouzan (1979) Sumo Wrestler
Doi Takao (2000) Astronaut

E

Enomoto Kenichi (2000) Actor

F

Fujiwara Yoshie (1998) Opera Singer
Fujiwara no Kamatari (1939, 1945) Founder of the Fujiwara clan
Fujiwara no Teika (2005) Waka poet
Fukada Hisaya (2003 L)
Fukuzawa Yukichi (1950, 1958) Teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist
Furuhashi Hironoshin (2000) Swimmer
Futabayama Sadaji (2000) Sumo Wrestler

G

Gotokudaiji no Sadaijin (2006)

H

Hamada Mitsuo (2006) Actor
Hanawa Hokinoichi (1996) Japanologist
Hanaoka Seishū (2000, 2004) Physician
Hara Setsuko (2006) Actress
Hayami Gyoshu (1994) Painter
Hayashi Fumiko (2000) Novelist
Higuchi Ichiyō (1951, 1981) Author
Hiraga Gennai (2004) Inventor
Hirata Mitsuru (2006) Actor
Hishida Shunsō (1951) Painter
Hitomi Kinue (2000) Athlete
Hornfischer, Kurt (1952) German heavyweight wrestler
Hozumi Nobushige (1999) Statesman, legal expert

I

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (1950) Kabuki actor
Ichikawa Danjūrō XI (1991) Kabuki actor
Ichikawa Ebizo (1956, 2000) Kabuki actor
Ichikawa Komazo III (1988) Kabuki actor
Ichikawa Raizo (2006) Actor
Ino Tadataka (1995) Surveyor, cartographer
Iseno Taifu (2006)
Ishihara Yujiro (1997) Actor, singer
Ishikawa Goemon (1992) Ninja warrior
Iwai Hanshiro (1984)
Iwai Kumejiro (1988)
Iwamigata (1979)
Iwasaki Yataro (1986) Founder of Mitsubishi Company Group
Izumo no Okuni (1989, 2003) Founder of Kabuki

J

Jingū (1908) Empress
Jinmaku (1978)
Jitukawa Nobuwaka II (1992)

K

Kamiya Jihee (1991)
Kanaguri Shizo (1999) Marathon runner
Kaneko Misuzu (2003 L) Poet
Kanō Hōgai (1951) Painter
Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (1992)
Katsushika Hokusai (1999) Painter
Katsura Beicho III (1999) Rakugo Teller
Katsura Bunraku VIII (1999) Rakugo Teller
Kawabata Yasunari (1999, 2000) Writer
Kawakami Otojiro (1999) Actor
Kawakami Sadayakko (1999) Actress, Business woman
Kazama Morio (2006) Actor
Keller, Helen (2000) Deafblind American author
Kimura Sakae (1952) Astronomer
Ki no Tsurayuki (1993) Author
Kishi Keiko (2000, 2006) Actress
Kitano Takeshi (2006) Film director, comedian
Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (1896) Prince
Kitasato Shibasaburō (2003) Physician and bacteriologist
Kobayashi Akira (2006) Actor, singer
Kobayashi Takiji (2000) Author
Kōda Rohan (1997) Author
Koga Masao (2004) Composer
Kokontei Shincho V (1999) Rakugo Teller
Komura Jutaro (1999 L) Statesman, diplomat
Kondo Makoto (1986) Educator
Koizumi Yakumo (2004) Author
Kumagai Naozane (1992) Bushi
Kume Danjo (1991)
Kunisada Chuji (1999)
Kuroki Hitomi (2006) Actress
Kurosawa Akira (2000) Film Director
Kyō Machiko (2006) Actress

M

Maejima Hisoka (1927, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1968, 1985, 1994) Statesman, politician, businessman
Masako, Crown Princess of Japan (1993, 2000) Princess
Masaoka Shiki (1951, 2001 L, 2002) Author, poet
Yūsaku Matsuda (2006) Actor
Matsui Sumako (1999) Actress
Matsumoto Koshiro VII (1991) Kabuki actor
Matsuo Bashō (1987, 1989, 2002 L) Poet
Matsuzaka Keiko (2006) Actress
Empress Michiko of Japan (1959) Empress
Mifune Toshirō (2000, 2006) Actor
Minamoto no Yoritomo (1968, 1982) First Shōgun of Kamakura Shogunate
Mishima Yahiko (1999) Athlete
Misora Hibari (1997, 2000) Singer
Miyagi Michio (1994) Composer, musician
Miyazawa Kenji (1996) Author, poet
Miyazawa Rie (2006) Actress
Mori Masayuki (2006) Actor
Mori Ōgai (1951, 1990) Physician, translator, novelist, poet
Motoori Norinaga (2001) Scholar of Kokugaku

N

Nagaoka Hantaro (2000, 2003) Physicist
Nagashima Shigeo (2000) Baseball player
Nakamura Baigyoku III (1991) Kabuki actor
Nakamura Ganjiro II (1991) Kabuki actor
Nakamura Hakuo I (1992) Kabuki actor
Nakamura Kichiemon I (1992) Kabuki actor
Nakamura Teijo (2000) Poet
Nakamura Utaemon VI (1991) Kabuki actor
Nakamura Kanzaburo XVII (1992) Kabuki actor
Nakatsuhime (1988)
Nakaya Ukichiro (2000) Physicist
Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (1993, 2000) Prince
Naruse Jinzo (2000) Educator
Natsume Masako (2006) Actress
Natsume Sōseki (1950, 1999) Novelist
Niijima Jo (1950) Educator
Nishi Amane (1952) Philosopher
Nishida Kitaro (1995) Philosopher
Nishina Yoshio (1990) Physicist
Nitobe Inazo (1952) Agricultural Economist, Author, Educator, Diplomat, Politician
Nogi Maresuke (1937, 1938, 1942, 1944, 1945) General
Noguchi Hideyo (1949, 1999) Doctor, bacteriologist
Noguchi, Isamu (2004) Japanese - American artist, landscape architect
Nukata no Ookimi (1981)

O

Oda Mikio (2000) Athlete
Oe Kenzaburo (2000) Author
Ogiya Yugiri (1991)
Oh Sadaharu (2000) Baseball player
Okakura Tenshin (1952) Scholar
Okochi Denjiro (2006) Actor
Onoe Baiko VII (1992) Kabuki actor
Onoe Bairyoku II (1992) Kabuki actor
Onoe Kikugoro VI (1991) Kabuki actor
Ono no Komachi (2005) Poet
Ono no Michikaze (2000 L) Calligrapher
Oshi kochi no Mitsune (2006)
Otani Oniji (1984) Kabuki actor
Ōtsuki Fumihiko (2000) Lexicographer, Linguist, Historian
Ozaki Yukio (1960) Politician
Ozawa Seiji (2000) Conductor
Ozu Yasujiro (2003 L) Film director

P

Palusalu, Kristjan (1952) Estonian heavyweight wrestler

R

Raiden Tameemon (1978) Sumo Wrestler
Rikidōzan (2000) Wrestler
Russell, George (1949) Boy Scout

S

Saito Mokichi (2003) Poet
Saito Musashibo Benkei (1991) Warrior
Sakai Yoshinori (1996) Athlete, who lit the Olympic Flame, 1964. Former Fuji Television Director
Sakamoto Ryōma (2000) Leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu
Sanada Hiroyuki (2006) Actor
Sano Tsunetami (1939) Statesman, Founder of the Japanese Red Cross Society
Sanyutei Ensho VI (1999) Rakugo Teller
Sata Keiji (2000) Actor
Sato Ichiei (1999 L) Poet
Sawamura Eiji (2000) Baseball player
Seki Takakazu (1992) Mathematician
Shiba Ryotaro (2000) Novelist
Shigemitsu Mamoru (2000) Minister of Foreign Affairs
Shimamura Hogetsu (1999) Writer
Shimazaki Toson (1993) Author
Shinmi Masaoki (1960) Ambassador
Shirase Nobu (1960, 1999) Explorer
Sho Deikun (1993)
Shoriki Matsutaro (1984) Owner of Yomiuri Media Group, Minister of Science Technology
Shotoku Taishi (2000) Prince
Siebold, Philipp Franz von (1996) German physician
Soga Goro (1992)
Soga Juro (1992)
Sugihara Chiune (2000) Diplomat
Soma Gyofu (1995 L) Poet
Suo no Naishi (2006)
Suzuki Umetaro (1993) Scientist

T

Takamine Hideko (2006) Actress
Takamura Kotaro (2000) Poet and sculptor
Takehisa Yumeji (1999) Painter
Takekuma (1979) Sumo Wrestler
Takemoto Gidayu (2001) Gidayu bushi Singer
Takizawa Bakin (1998) Author
Tanaka Kinuyo (2000) Actress
Tanakadate Aikitsu (2002) Geophysicist
Terada Torahiko (1952) physicist, author
Tezuka Osamu (1997) Manga artist, animator
Tōgō Heihachirō (1937, 1938, 1942, 1944, 1945) Fleet Admiral
Tomii Masaaki (1999) Jurist
Tsuboi Sakae (2000) Novelist, Poet
Tsuda Umeko (2000) Educator
Tsuruta Kōji (2006) Actor
Tsuruta Yoshiyuki (2000) Swimmer
Tsubouchi Shoyo (1950) Author, Critic, Playwright, Translator

U

Uchimura Kanzo (1951) Author, Christian Evangelist
Uehara Ken (2000) Actor
Uemura Shoen (1999) Painter
Ume Kenjirō (1952, 1999) Legal scholar
Yoshijirō Umezu (2000) Chief commander of the Japanese army

W

Watanabe Kazan (1993) Painter

Y

Yakushimaru Hiroko (2006) Actress, singer
Kōji Yakusho (2006) Actor
Yamabe no Akahito (2006) Poet
Yamamoto Yuzo (2000) Novelist, playwright
Yanagiya Kosan V (1999) Rakugo Teller
Yorozuya Kinnosuke (2006) Actor
Yosano Akiko (1992, 1999) Author, poet, social reformer
Yoshida Shigeru (1996) Prime Minister
Yoshida Shoin (1959) Scholar
Yoshikawa Eiji (2000) Novelist
Yoshinaga Sayuri (2006) Actress
Yoshino Sakuzo (1999) Author, political thinker
Yoshioka Yayoi (2000) Physician, Women's rights activist
Yukawa Hideki (1985, 2000) Theoretical physicist

Ryukyu Islands

(1948–1972)

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