# The faces on Japan's banknotes: every person who has appeared on a Bank of Japan note

From the 2024 notes with Shibusawa Eiichi, Tsuda Umeko and Kitasato Shibasaburō to Fukuzawa Yukichi, Natsume Sōseki, Higuchi Ichiyō, Prince Shōtoku (on seven different notes) and Daikokuten on the first Bank of Japan notes: everyone who has featured on Japanese banknotes. The portraits of ancient figures such as Sugawara no Michizane are imagined.

- 175 votes · 22 items
- Nov 12, 2024 · Yuki Fujita
- https://even.best/en/l/5359/the-faces-on-japan-s-banknotes-every-person-who-has-appeared-on-a-bank-of-japan

## Top 22

1. **Fukuzawa Yukichi** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 10,000-yen note of the D (1984) and E (2004) series.
2. **Kitasato Shibasaburō** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1,000-yen note of the F series (2024).
3. **Shibusawa Eiichi** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 10,000-yen note of the F series (2024).
4. **Tsuda Umeko** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 5,000-yen note of the F series (2024).
5. **Noguchi Hideyo** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1,000-yen note of the E series (2004).
6. **Higuchi Ichiyō** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 5,000-yen note of the E series (2004).
7. **Natsume Sōseki** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1,000-yen note of the D series (1984).
8. **Kusunoki Masashige** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 5-sen note (his statue outside the Imperial Palace).
9. **Nitobe Inazō** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 5,000-yen note of the D series (1984).
10. **Ninomiya Sontoku** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1-yen note of the A series.
11. **Wake no Kiyomaro** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: six pre-war 10-yen notes (imagined portrait).
12. **Iwakura Tomomi** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 500-yen notes of the B and C series.
13. **Takahashi Korekiyo** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 50-yen note of the B series.
14. **Daikokuten** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: the first Bank of Japan notes of the 1880s.
15. **Murasaki Shikibu** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 2,000-yen note of the D series, as a design on the back rather than a portrait.
16. **Sugawara no Michizane** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: six pre-war 5- and 20-yen notes (imagined portrait).
17. **Takenouchi no Sukune** (2 · ▲5 ▼3) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: five notes including the 1-yen note (imagined portrait).
18. **Prince Shōtoku** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: seven different notes, including the C-series 5,000 and 10,000-yen notes.
19. **Itō Hirobumi** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1,000-yen note of the C series.
20. **Yamato Takeru** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: the pre-war 1,000-yen note (imagined portrait).
21. **Itagaki Taisuke** (1 · ▲5 ▼4) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 100-yen note of the B series.
22. **Fujiwara no Kamatari** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: four pre-war notes, including the 100 and 200 yen (imagined portrait).

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