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Text on the reverse side: The eagle symbolises leadership with its sharp wit and focused eyesight. Flying high with powerful vision and intelligen...

Text on the reverse side: Nihonbashi is now a business district in Tokyo and the stone bridge built in 1911 still stands at the same site today. T...

Text on the reverse side: The snow symbolises cleansing, creating a blanket that can be a new, clean beginning. Hiroshige, considered to be one of...

Text on the reverse side: Restaurants (pictured north of the bridge) traditionally co-sponsored the major firework displays at the site, together ...

Text on the reverse side: One of the greatest masterpiece in Japanese art by the landscape master Hiroshige (1797-1858). Vincent Van Gogh created ...

Text on the reverse side: A view of the famous Drum bridge in the valley of the Meguro River. The bridge, particularly as it is a bridge over wate...

Text on the reverse side: The blooming of cherry blossoms, is a symbol of purity. Their spectacular bloom is enjoyed by many, but for a short peri...

Text on the reverse side: The artist Koitsu, was born in 1870, and often utilised the subtle use of light and shadow in his landscapes which is a ...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary gardener adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print by Koson (1877-1945). Japanese folklore portrays the fo...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Sherlock Holmes adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print by Koson (1877-1945). Japanese folklore portrays...

Text on the reverse side: From the series Thirty-two Fashionable Physiognomies which is one of Kunichika's most recognised works where he portrays...

Text on the reverse side: From the series Thirty-two Fashionable Physiognomies which is one of Kunichika's most recognised works where he portrays...

Text on the reverse side: The actor, playing the role of Inuzuka Shino is portrayed in a fight with Kenpachi on the rooftop of the Horyukaku pavil...

Text on the reverse side: From the series Parody of Day and Night in Twenty Four Hours by artist Kunichika is regarded as one of his finest series...

Text on the reverse side: Artist Kunichika (1835-1900) depicts the actor playing the role of Hanaosho Shinkichi from the play Suikoden, with the d...

Text on the reverse side: Kiyomizu Temple was built in 1798 without a single nail and still stands today. The Japanese expression “to jump off the...

Text on the reverse side: One of the most commonly accepted origin of the name “fuji” is that the name sounds similar to “everlasting life.” Everg...

Text on the reverse side: The stone circle in Wiltshire, England, is a UNESCO world heritage site, built over 5000 years ago and took 1000 years t...