Multicolour print (2 main colours and 9 background colours); red seal; black serial numbers. Bust of SHIBUSAWA Eiichi front-facing at the right. Denomination in Arabic numerals in the center with one in Kanji to the top and seal of the Governor of the Bank of Japan to the bottom. Another denomination in Arabic numerals on bottom-right corner. Multiple repeating `10000` and Sakura cherry blossoms in the background. Security stripe on the left; bust of SHIBUSAWA Eiichi in 3D hologram, which facing can change by angle of view, on top of the stripe; Sakura cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji in the middle; `10000` on bottom of the stripe. Three EURion constellations surrounding the center denomination, and another one upper-right of the main portrait. Cartouche with two Sakura cherry blossoms inside on the bottom-center, with latent image `10000` which can be seen when looking from bottom. `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext upper-left of the bottom-right denomination. Tactile slanted bars aligned vertically on center left and right edge, 11 bars on each side. Pearl ink on center-left and center-right edge, which glow pink when looking from certain angle. Serial number consist of two latin alphabets, following by 6-digits number, then two latin alphabets.
Reverse description
Multicolour print (1 main colours and 6 background colours); red seal. Exterior perspective of Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building on the left. Bank logo on top. Large denomination on top-right corner, and small one on bottom-left corner. Seal of the Director-General of the Bank of Japan`s Currency Issue Department on bottom-center. Another exterior perspective of Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building on the bottom right. EURion constellations on upper-left, and upper-right of the center window, one on the lower-right of large denomination, and another one on the right of the seal. Laten image `NIPPON` appearing when look from bottom, below the large denomination. `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext in the left of the frame.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Head of SHIBUSAWA Eiichi with high-definition patterns. Three
vertical bars on the right of main portrait.
Obverse lettering
壱円 日本銀行券 AA000000AA 10000 日本銀行 Bank of Japan 之総 渋沢 栄一 印裁 AA000000AA 10000 国立印刷局製造 (Translation: 10000 yen Bank of Japan note Bank of Japan Shibusawa Eiichi Seal of the Governor Manufactured by the National Printing Bureau)