| Issuer | Japan |
| Year | 2004-2022 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 5000 Yen |
| Currency | Yen (1871-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 156 × 76 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | National Printing Bureau (国立印刷局, Imperial Printing Bureau of Japan), Japan (1871-date) |
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| Reference(s) | P#105 |
| Obverse description | Multicolour print (2 main colours (violet) and 10 background colours); red seal; black or brown serial numbers. Bust of HIGUCHI Natsu (pen name: HIGUCHI Ichiyō), front-facing on the right. Denominations in arabic numeral on top-left and top-right corner. Denomination in Kanji on left center. Seal of the Governor of the Bank of Japan to the lower left. Multiple `5000` in the background. Hologram at bottom-left corner, which change from `5000`, symbol of Bank of Japan surrounded by multiple Sakura cheery blossoms, and multiple small `NIPPON`, by angle of view; small `NIPPON GINKO` on top, and another one inverted on bottom; hidden 日 on center top and 本 on center bottom. EURion constellations left and right of the center window. Latent Image `5000` when look from bottom, below the center window. Tactile octagons each on bottom-left corner and bottom right corner. Repeating `NIPPONGINKO` in microtexts below the top-left and top-right denomination; multiple `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext in the background motifs around lower-right of the frame; repeting `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext along the top of the frame; repeting `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext on the bottom-right of the frame. Left edge and right edge printed with special 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 colours and 5 background colours); red seal. Reproduction of “Irises” (Kakitsubata-zu), painted circa 1701–1705 by Ogata Kōrin, depicting Japanese irises (Iris laevigata). Denominations on top-left corner and top-right corner. Symbol of Bank of Japan and the name on top center. Seal of the Director-General of the Bank of Japan`s Currency Issue Department on lower-right. EURion constellations one below the top-left denomination and one on bottom-right corner. Repeating `5000` in microtexts in bottom-center motifs; Repeating `NIPPONGINKO` altering with 11 vertical bars in microtext in the line above; Repeating `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext in the curved line above; Repeating `NIPPONGINKO` in microtext in the bottom-left motifs; `5000NIPPONGINKO5000` in microtext in the lower-right of motifs on the right; `NIPPONGINKONIPPONGINKO` in microtext on the right of center-top motifs. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | HIGUCHI Ichiyō in center window, 2 vertical bars at right. |
| Obverse lettering | 5000 5000 KQ 247645 H 日本銀行券 五千円 日本銀行 5000 樋口 一葉 KQ 247645 H 国立印刷局製造 (Translation: Bank of Japan note Five thousand yen Bank of Japan Higuchi Ichiyō Manufactured by the National Printing Bureau) |
| Reverse lettering | 5000YEN NIPPON GINKO 5000 発券局長 |
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| Catalog ID | 3910837830 |
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