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Value | 10,000 Yen |
Width | 160 mm |
Height | 76 mm |
Security features | Hologram, Intaglio printing, Latent image, Luminescent ink, Microprinting, Pearl ink, Tactile marks, Watermark, Watermark-Bar pattern, EURion constellation |
Years of printing | 1957, 1984, 2004 (Black serial number), 2011 (Brown serial number) |
Obverse | |
Design | Portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa |
Reverse | |
Design | Hōō/Chinese phoenix in the Hall of the Phoenix, Byōdō-in |
The front side of the 10,000 yen note includes a portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa, a Meiji era philosopher and the founder of Keio University. The back of the note shows a drawing of the Hōō (鳳凰, Fenghuang) in the Hall of the Phoenix, Byōdō-in.
Extensive anti-counterfeiting measures are present in the banknote. They include intaglio printing, holograms, microprinting, fluorescent ink, latent images, watermarks, and angle-sensitive ink.
Series C 10,000 yen note (1957).
Series D 10,000 yen note (1984).