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10 Francs Utamaro
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 10 Francs (10 FRF) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold central denomination '10 FRANCS' with the pre-euro equivalent '1½ euro' inscribed directly below, all set against a background of evenly spaced horizontal parallel lines. Twelve five-pointed stars are arranged in two arcing rows above and below the central denomination, referencing the European Union motif. The series title 'TRÉSORS des MUSÉES d'EUROPE' is inscribed along the upper periphery, while the French Republican motto 'LIBERTÉ-ÉGALITÉ-FRATERNITÉ' curves along the lower periphery, both separated from the central design by a plain inner border. |
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Part of Monnaie de Paris's long-running series celebrating Japanese art, this issue honors Kitagawa Utamaro, the ukiyo-e master whose woodblock prints of women drew the attention — and eventually the wrath — of the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1804, Utamaro was arrested and sentenced to manacled imprisonment for producing prints depicting the wives of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a politically untouchable figure. He died within three years, broken by the experience.
France's formal fascination with Japonisme dates to the 1867 Paris Exposition, and Utamaro's work was central to how European collectors understood the genre.