World Heritage the Third Series 6
"Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land"

C2119a C2119b
C2119c C2119d C2119e C2119f
C2119g C2119h C2119i C2119j

Issue World Heritage the Third Series 6
"Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land"
First Day June 29, 2012
Value 80 yen x10, sheet of ten
Designs C2119a - Chuson-ji Konjikido C2119b - Chuson-ji Gilded Floral Wreath Ornaments
C2119c - Kyozo Hall C2119d - Motsuji Heian-style festival ÓGokusui No En
C2119e,f - Motsuji Jodo-style garden
C2119g,h - Kanjizaio-in Ato (Former Kanjizaio-in Garden)
C2119i - Muryo-Koin Temple Site C2119j - Nelumbo nucifer, Chuson-ji
Designer Maruyama Satoru (stamp designer)
Printing Photogravure in 6 colors
Size C2119a,C2119e,C2119f,C2119g,C2119h: 28.05 x 33.5mm, vertical
C2119b,C2119c,C2119d,C2119i,C2119j: 25.0 x 33.5mm, vertical
Sheet 10 stamps (2x5) Sheet

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.


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(Small Notes for the issue)
Hiraizumi was once a political and administrative center of Fujiwara clan at the end of Heian period during which varieties of temples and gardens were built based on the cosmology of Pure Land Buddhism. The stamps depict sites in Hiraizumi that was appointed to be World Heritage Site.