The Sakura catalog is an illustrated full-color Japanese stamp catalog.
The Japanese Stamp Catalog Illustrated in Colors () (now Sakura Catalogue of Japanese Stamps ()) was first published in October 1967 with full-color illustrations, which surprised the philatelic world since a colored stamp catalog had never been thought of. Regarded as the most reliable and popular publication in Japan, it goes through fifteen editions in 1979, and more than 4,500,000 copies have been released in all. This is the companion volume to the Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog. The catalog, nicknamed Sakura Catalog, has been in pocket-size (118 x 148 mm) for several years, but now it is printed in B6 (128 × 182 mm) size so that it can be printed using a multicolor rotary press to meet the increased circulation and to make the use of thinner paper possible. As all pages have to be composed anew for the enlarged size, English version of stamp names is added for the convenience of foreign collectors, and many symbols are used to facilitate their understanding how the stamps are classified here.
Please see the contents of the SAKURA Catalogue of Japanese Stamps 2019 and other editions.
Most recently published catalog structure
The structure of the most recently published catalog is as follows:
Catalogue information and contents
Catalogue Information & Contents ()
Catalogue Contents in Japan () Catalogue Information in Japan () Catalogue Information for Users in English [Brief] Contents in English
Commemorative stamps ()
Pre-War Issues () Unissued ()
Post-War Issues () 1st Men of Culture Series () Tourist Series () Flower Series () Tokyo Olympic Games () Season's Folklore Series () Bird Series () Festival Series () Fish Series () Famous Gardens Series () 1st National Treasure Series () Classic Art Series () Folk Tale Series () Nature Conservation Series () Steam locomotive Series () Ship Series () 2nd National Treasure Series () "Sumo" Ukiyoe (Picture) Series () Modern art Series () Japanese Song Series () Modern Western-Style Architecture Series () Endangered Native Bird Series () Alpine plant Series () 1st Traditional Arts and Crafts Series () Insect Series () Oku no Hosomichi (Matsuo Basho's Diary) Series () 3rd National Treasure Series () Electric locomotive Series () Horse Series () Kabuki Series () Water Side Birds Series () 2nd Men of Culture Series () Flowers of Four Seasons Series () History of Japanese Stamp Series () 1st World Heritage Series () 50 Postwar Memorable Years Series () My Favorite Song Series () Traditional Japanese House Series () 20th Century Series () 2nd World Heritage Series () [Published by Japan Post] () The 400th Anniversary of the Edo Shogunate () Science and Technology and Animation Series () Animation Hero and Heroine Series () 3rd World Heritage Series () [Published by Japan Post Service] () The Constellation Series () Harmony with Nature Series () Japanese Mountains Series () Evocative Memory of Seasons Series () Ukiyoe Series () 2st Japanese Traditional Craft Series () Overseas World Heritage Series () Vegetable & Fruits Series () Heartwarming Animal Scene Series () Railroad Series () Japanese Castle Series () "Omotenashi" (Hospitality) Flowers Series () Tales from Stars Series () The Treasures of the Shoso-in Series () Nostalgia of Pictures for Children Series () Familiar Animal Series () Traditional Dietary Culture of Japan Series () Japanese Night View Series () Japanese Architecture Series () Traditional Japanese Design Series () My Journey Stamps Series () Natural monument Series () Sea Life Series () Japanese Traditional Color Series () Gifts from the Forest Series () The World of Children's Picture Book Series () Astronomical World Series ()
Greetings Stamps () [Published by Japan Post] () Chinese zodiac Sign Series () [Published by Japan Post Service] () [Published by Japan Post Co., Ltd.] () [Hello Kitty (regional version)] ()
Furusato Stamps (Prefectural Issues) () Prefectural Flowers () [Published by Japan Post] () [Published by Japan Post Service] () Hometowns-Scenes in My Heart Series () Flowers of the Hometown Series () 60th Anniversary of Local Government Law () Festivals of the Hometown Series () Travel Scenes Series () Seasonal Flowers Series () Afforestation [(Greening)] () Edo famous places and neat Ukiyoe Series () National Athletic Meets () [Furusato Stamps (Prefectural Issue), except the series] ()
National Park Stamps () 1st National Park Series () 2st National Park Series () Quasi-national park Series ()
New Year's Greeting Stamps () [Published by Japan Post] () [Published by Japan Post Service] () [Published by Japan Post Co., Ltd.] ()