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Currency in Use
Bank of Japan Notes Currently Issued
 [front] Portrait: Yukichi Fukuzawa |
 [back] Design: Statue of Phoenix in Byodoin Temple |
10,000 yen (76 x 160mm) Date of first issue: Nov. 1, 2004 |
 [front] Portrait: Ichiyo Higuchi |
 [back] Design: "Kakitsubata-zu" (painting of irises) Work of Korin Ogata |
5,000 yen (76 x 156mm) Date of first issue: Nov. 1, 2004 |
 [front] Design: Shurei-mon Gate |
 [back] Design: A scene from the Tale of Genji and portrait of its author, Murasaki Shikibu |
2,000 yen (76 x 154mm) Date of first issue: Jul. 19, 2000 |
 [front] Portrait: Hideyo Noguchi |
 [back] Design: Mt.Fuji and cherry blossoms |
1,000 yen (76 x 150mm) Date of first issue: Nov. 1, 2004 |
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Note : "  " on banknotes means "specimen."
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