Multicolour print (2 main colours and 10 background colours); red seal; black or brown serial numbers. Bust of NOGUCHI Hideyo, front-facing, on the right. Denomination in Kanji on left center. Seal of the Governor of the Bank of Japan to the lower left. Multiple `1000` and symbol of Bank of Japan scattering in the background. EURion constellations (Sakura cherry blossoms) left of center window. Latent Image `1000` visible when look from bottom, on bottom-left. Tactile horizontal bars, each one on bottom-left corner and bottom right corner. Repeating `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext below the top-left and top-right denomination; repeating `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext running along the top of the frame; repeating `1000` in microtext in the background motifs behind the Kanji denomination; three `1000` in microtext in the bottom-right motifs; repeating `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext at lower-right of the main portrait. Left edge and right edge printed with Pearl ink, which slightly glow pink when looks from certain angle. Serial number consist of one or two latin alphabets, following by 6-digits number, then one latin alphabets.
Reverse description
Multicolour print (1 Main colour and 5 background colours); red seal. Reproduction of `Kohan no haru` (湖畔の春), photographed by OKADA Kōyō on 2 May 1935, from Nakanokura-touge mountain pass northwest of the lake, depicting Mount Fuji and its reflection on Lake Motosu, on the left. Sakura cherry blossoms to the lower left. Denominations on top-right corner and bottom-left corner. Symbol of Bank of Japan on the top-left corner. Seal of the Director-General of the Bank of Japan`s Currency Issue Department to the lower-right of center window. Multiple `1000` and symbol of Bank of Japan scattering in the background. EURion constellations lower-right of center window. Latent image `NIPPON` visible when look from bottom, in the cartouche on the center right. Repeating `NIPPON GINKO` in microtext hidden in bottom-right motifs; Repeating `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext on the frame upper-left of the mountain; Repeating `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext inside the upper-right `YEN`.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Bust of NOGUCHI Hideyo, front-facing, in center window. Vertical
bar to the right of the main portrait.
Obverse lettering
1000 1000 FK 551625 L 日本銀行券 千円 日本銀行 野口英世 1000 FK 551625 L 国立印刷局製造 (Translation: Bank of Japan note Thousand yen Bank of Japan NOGUCHI Hideyo National Printing Bureau)