Okayama, Japan

From the city of Okayama in Japan's Chūgoku region in the west of Japan. The stamp on the left is from a sheet issued in 2001 for the Japanese International stamp exhibition "Philanippon" held in August of 2001. The sheet had 10 stamps showing famous woodblock prints by several Edo period artists. The print on this particular stamp was by Tōshūsai Sharaku and is titled "The actor Segawa Kikujurō III as Oshizu, Wife of Tanabe". The other stamp is a 2023 spring greetings stamp.