Multicolour print (2 main colours and 9 background colours); red seal; black serial numbers. Bust of TSUDA Umeko front-facing at the right with seal of the Governor of the Bank of Japan to the left. Multiple repeating `5000` in the background. Security stripe slightly left of center; bust of TSUDA Umeko in 3D hologram, which facing can change by angle of view, on top of the stripe; `5000` on bottom of the stripe. EURion constellations surrounding the center denomination, and another one lower-right of the main portrait. Serial number 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. Hanging Wisteria flowers (fuji) 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-center. EURion constellations on lower-left, and lower-right of the Wisteria, one on the left of the large denomination, and another two on upper-left and lower-left of the right frame.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of Tsuda Umeko with high-definition patterns and two
vertical bars.
Obverse lettering
五千円 日本銀行券 AA000000AA 5000 日本銀行 Bank of Japan 之総 津田 梅子 印裁 AA000000AA 5000 国立印刷局製造 (Translation: Five thousand yen Bank of Japan note Bank of Japan Tsuda Umeko Seal of the Governor Manufactured by the National Printing Bureau)