The faces on Japan's banknotes: every person who has appeared on a Bank of Japan note
The top 3 according to 175 votes from people: Fukuzawa Yukichi · Kitasato Shibasaburō · Shibusawa Eiichi. (Updated Nov 12, 2024.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 22
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1
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 10,000-yen note of the D (1984) and E (2004) series.
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2
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1,000-yen note of the F series (2024).
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3
Shibusawa Eiichi
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 10,000-yen note of the F series (2024).
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4
Tsuda Umeko
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 5,000-yen note of the F series (2024).
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5
Noguchi Hideyo
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1,000-yen note of the E series (2004).
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6
Higuchi Ichiyō
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 5,000-yen note of the E series (2004).
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7
Natsume Sōseki
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1,000-yen note of the D series (1984).
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8
Kusunoki Masashige
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 5-sen note (his statue outside the Imperial Palace).
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9
Nitobe Inazō
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 5,000-yen note of the D series (1984).
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10
Ninomiya Sontoku
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1-yen note of the A series.
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11
Wake no Kiyomaro
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: six pre-war 10-yen notes (imagined portrait).
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12
Iwakura Tomomi
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 500-yen notes of the B and C series.
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13
Takahashi Korekiyo
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 50-yen note of the B series.
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14
Daikokuten
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: the first Bank of Japan notes of the 1880s.
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15
Murasaki Shikibu
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 2,000-yen note of the D series, as a design on the back rather than a portrait.
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16
Sugawara no Michizane
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: six pre-war 5- and 20-yen notes (imagined portrait).
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17
Takenouchi no Sukune
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: five notes including the 1-yen note (imagined portrait).
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18
Prince Shōtoku
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: seven different notes, including the C-series 5,000 and 10,000-yen notes.
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19
Itō Hirobumi
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 1,000-yen note of the C series.
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20
Yamato Takeru
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: the pre-war 1,000-yen note (imagined portrait).
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21
Itagaki Taisuke
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: 100-yen note of the B series.
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22
Fujiwara no Kamatari
Portrait on Bank of Japan notes: four pre-war notes, including the 100 and 200 yen (imagined portrait).
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Comments (1)
新札の渋沢栄一、まだ見慣れなくて財布から出すたびに一瞬戸惑う。二千円札の紫式部、実物を最後に見たのいつだろう…