| Obverse description |
Multicolour intaglio and offset print on a complex guilloche underprint; portrait vignette of FUKUZAWA Yukichi in three-quarter bust facing slightly left, positioned to the right of centre, with the denomination in Kanji characters at left centre and the Bank of Japan Governor's seal at lower left. A kinegram hologram at lower left cycles through the denomination numerals '10000', the Bank of Japan emblem surrounded by sakura cherry blossoms, and repeated 'NIPPON' legends depending on viewing angle; EURion constellation elements appear at upper left and upper right of the central watermark window, with a latent image rendering '10000' visible at low viewing angles below the red seal, tactile L-shaped and reversed-L-shaped raised marks at the lower corners, and left and right edges finished with optically variable ink exhibiting a pink iridescence at oblique angles. Microtext reading 'NIPPONGINKO' runs in repeated bands behind the Kanji denomination and below the upper-right numeral, with additional microtext lines of '10000', 'NIPPON', and 'GINKO' behind the lower serial number panel; serial numbers consist of one or two Latin alphabet prefix letters, six digits, and one Latin alphabet suffix letter. |
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| Reverse description |
Multicolour offset print on a guilloche underprint in predominantly brown tones; at left, an intaglio vignette of the gilded bronze Hōō (phoenix) statue from the apex of the Phoenix Hall (鳳凰堂) of Byōdō-in, Uji, Kyōto, facing right. The Bank of Japan emblem appears at upper left, denomination numerals at upper right and lower left, and the seal of the Director-General of the Bank of Japan's Currency Issue Department at lower right, with hōsōge floral arabesque motifs occupying the right portion of the design. EURion constellation elements are present at lower centre and lower right of the watermark window, with repeated 'NIPPONGINKO' microtext below the lower-centre motifs and within the background ornament adjacent to the red seal. |
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| Protection type |
Watermark, Security thread, Hologram, Optically variable ink, Latent image, Microtext, EURion constellation, Tactile marks |
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