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| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1993-2004 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 10000 10000 TZ721801L 日本銀行券 壱万円 日本銀行 福沢諭吉 TZ721801L 財務省印刷局製造 (Translation: Bank of Japan note Ten thousand yen Bank of Japan Yukichi Fukuzawa Manufactured by the Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau (Zaimusho)) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of two green pheasants (Phasianus versicolor), the national bird of Japan — a male to the left and a female to the right — rendered in fine intaglio engraving against a pale guilloche background. The bank title NIPPON GINKO is inscribed across the upper portion, with the denomination 10000 at upper right and 10000 YEN at lower left. Ornate arabesque borders and geometric lathe-work frames surround the composition, with a red seal at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Yukichi Fukuzawa visible in the central oval area when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note |
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