List of people on stamps of Japan
This article lists people who have been featured on Japanese postage stamps.
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
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
- Matsuda Yusaku (2006) Actor
- Matsui Sumako (1999) Actress
- Matsumoto Koshiro VII (1991) Kabuki actor
- Matsuo Basho (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 Shogun 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 Soseki (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 Ryoma (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
- Togo Heihachiro (1937, 1938, 1942, 1944, 1945) Fleet Admiral
- Tomii Masaaki (1999) Jurist
- Tsuboi Sakae (2000) Novelist, Poet
- Tsuda Umeko (2000) Educator
- Tsuruta Koji (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
- Yakusho Koji (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
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