The ¥5,000 note (五千円紙幣 ''gosen-en shihei'') is a banknote denomination of the

Japanese yen The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro. Th ...

. It was first introduced in Japan in 1957 to the third series of banknote releases (Series C). The latest release is Series F (2024).

Series

Series C

The green-brown note was introduced on 1 October 1957. It featured

Prince Shōtoku , also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was the son of Emperor Yōmei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yōmei's younger half ...

and the headquarters of the Bank of Japan.

Series D

The purple note was introduced on 1 November 1984. It featured

Nitobe Inazō was a Japanese agronomist, diplomat, political scientist, politician, and writer. He studied at Sapporo Agricultural College under the influence of its first president William S. Clark and later went to the United States to study agricultural ...

Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, with a summit elevation of . It is the highest mountain in Japan, the second-highest volcano on any Asian island (after Mount Kerinci on the Indonesian island of Sumatra), a ...

, and

Lake Motosu is the westernmost of the Fuji Five Lakes and located on the border of the towns of Fujikawaguchiko and Minobu in southern Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji, Japan. Lake Motosu is the third-largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in terms of surface ...

Series E

The series was released on 1 November 2004. The front side includes a portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi, a

Meiji era The was an Japanese era name, era of History of Japan, Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feu ...

writer and poet. The reverse side depicts Japanese irises (''kakitsubata'') from the Irises screen by Korin Ogata. 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 F

The series was released on July 3, 2024. The ¥5,000 bill featured

Tsuda Umeko was a Japanese educator who founded Tsuda University. She was the daughter of Tsuda Sen, an agricultural scientist, and at the age of 7, she became Japan's first female exchange student, traveling to the U.S. on the same ship as the Iwakura ...

and wisteria flowers. File:Series C 5K Yen Bank of Japan note - front.jpg, Series C ¥5,000 note (1957) File:Series D 5K Yen bank of japan note - front.jpg, Series D ¥5,000 note (1984) File:5000 yen banknote (Series E), obverse.png, Series E ¥5,000 note (2004)

Series

Series C

Series D

Series E

Series F

References

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