The ¥10,000 note (1万円紙幣 ''ichiman-en shihei'') is the largest banknote denomination of the Japanese yen, as well as the largest denomination of the Japanese yen overall.
It was first introduced in Japan in 1958 to the third series of banknote releases (Series C). The latest release is Series E (2004).
Series
Series C
The note was introduced on 1 December 1958. The brown-green note includes
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- ...
on the front and a pillar painting of Hōō (,
Fenghuang
''Fènghuáng'' (, ) are mythological birds found in Sinospheric mythology that reign over all other birds. The males were originally called ''fèng'' and the females ''huáng'', but such a distinction of gender is often no longer made and ...
), in the Hall of the Phoenix,
Byōdō-in
is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, built in the late Heian period. It is jointly a temple of the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land) and Tendai-shū sects.
History
This temple was originally built in 998 in the He ...
, Kyoto on the back.
Series D
The note was released on 12 of September 1984. The brown note has
Fukuzawa Yukichi
was a Japanese educator, philosopher, writer, entrepreneur and samurai who founded Keio University, the newspaper '' Jiji-Shinpō'', and the Institute for Study of Infectious Diseases.
Fukuzawa was an early advocate for reform in Japan. Hi ...
, a
Meiji era philosopher and the founder of
Keio University, on the front and a pair of pheasants on the back.
Series E
The series was released on 1 November 2004. The front side of the note retains the portrait of Fukuzawa. The back of the note sees the return of a drawing of the Hōō in Byōdō-in.
Extensive anti-counterfeiting measures are present in the banknote. They include
intaglio printing
Intaglio ( ; ) is the family of printing and printmaking techniques in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink. It is the direct opposite of a relief print where the parts of the matrix that ...
, holograms, microprinting, fluorescent ink, latent images, watermarks, and angle-sensitive ink.
Series F
On 9 April 2019, Finance Minister
Tarō Asō
is a Japanese politician serving as the Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2021. Asō previously served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009 and as Deputy Prime Minister of Japan and Minister of Finance from 2 ...
announced new designs for the ¥1,000, ¥5,000, and ¥10,000 notes, for use beginning in 2024. The ¥10,000 bill will feature
Shibusawa Eiichi
was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". He spearheaded the introduction of Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He introduced many economic reforms including use of double- ...
and
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza ...
.
On 1 September 2021, however, it was announced via Twitter that the printing of the new note had commenced.
References
See also
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10,000 yen coin
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Banknotes of the Japanese yen
Japanese yen banknotes
Ten-thousand-base-unit banknotes
Prince Shōtoku
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