Multicolour print (2 main colours and 9 background colours); red seal; black serial numbers. Bust of physician and bacteriologist KITASATO Shibasaburō at the right. Denomination in Arabic numerals at the left with seal of the Governor of the Bank of Japan below. Denomination in Kanji on top-left corner, and in Arabic numerals on bottom-right corner. Multiple `1000` on the background. Head of KITASATO Shibasaburō in 3D hologram patch at the lower left, which facing can change by angle of view. EURion constellations on upper-left, upper-right, and lower right of the center window, and another one upper-right of the main portrait. Tactile 11 slanted bars on the upper-right corner, and another on the bottom-left corner. Serial numbers 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. Reproduction of `The Great Wave off Kanagawa` (神奈川沖浪裏; Kanagawa-oki nami ura), ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series `Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji` (富嶽三十六景; Fugaku sanjūrokkei) by KATSUSHIKA Hokusai in 1831, 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 lower-right. EURion constellations on upper-left, upper-right of the center frame, and another one upper-right of the seal.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Head of Kitasato Shibasaburō facing slightly left with
high-definition patterns. One vertical bar embedded to the right of
the main portrait.
Obverse lettering
千円 日本銀行券 AA000000AA 1000 日本銀行 Bank of Japan 之総 北里 柴三郎 印裁 AA000000AA 1000 国立印刷局製造 (Translation: Thousand yen Bank of Japan note Bank of Japan Kitasato Shibasaburō Seal of the Governor Manufactured by the National Printing Bureau)