#Maejima Hisoka

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JP 1968 7¥ postal code JP 2015 1¥ Baron Maejima Hisoka, founder of the Japanese postal system JP 1961 10¥ plum blossoms

[tokidokitokyo]

The Birthday of the Father of Japan's Postal System

Maejima Hisoka, the father of Japan's modern postal system, was born on 1835年2月4日 (天保6年1月6日). He modernized the postal system to make it more efficient and affordable and his likeness appears on the 1-yen stamp.

郵便事業　ゆうびんじぎょう　postal service

配達　はいたつ　delivery

料金　りょうきん　fee

職業　しょくぎょう　occupation

飛脚　ひきゃく　express courier from the shogunate era

肖像　しょうぞう　portrait, likeness

発行　はっこう　issue (of stamps)

設置　せっち　establishment

主導　しゅどう　leadership

製造　せいぞう　production

終了　しゅうりょう　end, close, termination

[postcards-and-postcrossing]

Sunday Stamps: Headshots

..is the theme for today’s Sunday Stamps Czech Republic – 2019 Mahatma Gandhi 150th Anniversary (1869-1948) Japan – 2015 Baron Maejima Hisoka, Founder of the Japanese Postal System Romania – 2005 50th Anniversary of the First Europa stamp – Christopher Columbus – hexagonal Fujeira – 1972 Portrait Of A Woman by Frans Pourbus. Fujeira was a small independent emirate on the coast of the Persian…

[furryalligator]

(via Japan Post to release new 1 yen stamp design for 1st time in 70 yrs)

[charlieinjapan]

Yesterday we visited the museum build on the birthplace of one of Joetsu ‘s favorite sons, Hisoka Maejima. At the age of 8months, his father passed away, and he became an orphan, and was eventually adopted by the Maejima family. He loved nothing more than to study, and went to Tokyo to learn about The Netherlands (one of the first countries to have trade relations with Japan) as well as medicine and English. He was a”Westernizer” when that was still rare. He is known as the “father of the Japanese postal system” and was also a railroad man (building the railway from Joetsu to Niigata city), a newspaper man (founding what is now the Yomiuri Shimbun) and also an original founder of Waseda University. The Memorial Hall in his name features (thankfully) an audio explanation of his life and letters and awards from his past. And lots of postage stamps! I include here pictures of a statue of Maejima, some of his “Inkan” (personal seals), and 3 “shakuhachi” bamboo flutes that he was proficient in. As a side note, Maejima is respected by learners of Japanese because he once campaigned for the end of kanji (Chinese characters) in favor of the phonetic hiragana and katakana. Fortunately or unfortunately, a writing system using all three scripts is now the standard.💦 I include the Wikipedia link here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maejima_Hisoka. #joetsu #maejimahisoka #localhistory #japanpost #waseda #stamps (at 前島記念館) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuaE5JHDR2G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hveezv5qvu24

[pamandjapan]

前島 密 (Maejima Hisoka)

Baron Maejima Hisoka, who was born in Joetsu, Niigata, was a Japanese journalist, statesman, politician, and businessman during the Meiji Restoration Period. He is known for founding the Japanese postal service. He has been honored on several Japanese postage stamps.

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JP 1952 1¥ Baron Maejima Hisoka, founder of the Japanese Postal System