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3 Fun Kawachi Province
| Issuer | Kawachi Province Exchange Office (Kawachi Kokusan-hin Kaisho) |
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| Year | 1730 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress impression with applied red stamps; vignette at upper register presents a full-length figure of Daikokuten, the deity of fortune, seated facing half-left upon two rice sacks and holding an Uchide-no-kozuchi mallet in the right hand while supporting a large bag over the left shoulder. Two Minogame — mythical long-tailed tortoises symbolic of longevity — occupy the lower register, flanked by Seigaiha wave patterns. A vertical inscription in Chinese seal script appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress impression with applied green stamp; the upper register bears a central vignette of three Hōju sacred jewels enclosed by two herons amid floral decoration. The remainder of the note surface is occupied by a dense vertical text block in classical Chinese characters setting out the terms and issuance date of the scrip. |
| Reverse lettering | 組 内 河 享 應 保 相以 楮 十 渡此 數 五 可手 換 戌庚申形 國 穐 者引 産 初 也替 品 鏤 所替引 産 物 會 所 (Translation: Kawachi Group Accept paper amount for exchange to products This scrip can be exchanged on demand Kyōhō fifteenth Fire Dog autumn first printed Exchange office Production office) |
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