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5 Yen
| Issuer | Bank of Japan |
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| Year | 1943-1944 |
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| Value | 5 Yen (5 JPY) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-green on a cream ground, with large arabesque guilloche rosettes flanking a central oval cartouche. The cartouche bears the Bank of Japan inscription (日本銀行券) at the top and the denomination 五圓 in bold Chinese characters at centre, framed by intricate lathe-work borders. Two large numeral 5s in green appear at left and right within the guilloche panels, with mirror-image 五 characters in orange-tan underprint along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 券行銀本日 5 5 五圓 五 五 (Translation: Bank of Japan Note Five Yen Five Five) |
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Chiossone died in 1898, nearly half a century before this note was issued, but the Bank of Japan had been relying on his engraved designs since the Meiji period — the plates were simply reused and adapted long after his death. An Italian employed by the Meiji government in 1875 to modernize Japan's printing and engraving capabilities, Chiossone trained an entire generation of Japanese engravers before dying in Yokohama.
The 1943–44 dating reflects wartime austerity pressures on paper and ink supply, and the Cabinet Printing Bureau was managing increasing material shortages by this point in the Pacific War.