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1000 Yen

Issuer Bank of Japan
Year 1945
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Currency Yen (1871-date)
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Obverse description To the left, a finely engraved intaglio vignette of the main hall of Takebe Shrine; to the right, a portrait of the legendary hero Yamato Takeru no Mikoto. Vertical Japanese inscriptions identify the issuer and denomination, with a legend designating the note as a convertible Bank of Japan obligation exchangeable for one thousand yen in gold. The imprint of the Cabinet Printing Bureau appears at the lower margin.
Obverse lettering 1000 878616    {7} 1000
  券換究行銀本日
      相此
  日 千 渡券
  本 圓 可引
  銀   申換
  行   候に
       金
       貨
       千
       圓
千 {7}      878616 千
    造幣局刷印閣内
(Translation: Bank of Japan convertible note Bank of Japan One thousand yen This bill can be exchanged for one thousand yen in gold. Printed by the cabinet printing bureau)
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Reverse lettering 千  券換究行銀本日  千
              日 
  圓       千   本 
     1000       銀
       YEN       行
1000           1000
(Translation: 1000  1000 Bank of Japan convertible note Bank of Japan One thousand yen)
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