Banknotes of the Japanese yen, known in Japan as Bank of Japan notes, are the banknotes of Japan, denominated in Japanese yen. These are all released by a centralized bank which was established in 188
A series F 10,000 yen note, featuring the portrait of Shibusawa Eiichi
100 yen note 1885 obverse
100 yen note 1885 reverse
Shibusawa Eiichi
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Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa was a Japanese business magnate widely known today as the "Father of Japanese capitalism", having introduced Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restor
Banknotes of the Japanese yen
…features Kitasato Shibasaburō and The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the ¥5000 bill features Tsuda Umeko and wisteria flowers, and the ¥10,000 bill features Shibusawa Eiichi and Tokyo Station. This is the first series of banknotes that feature English text, with the words "Bank of Japan" in the front. The 2024 series started…
Portrait, 1921
Shibusawa Eiichi, 1st Viscount Shibusawa in New York City in 1915
Shibusawa pictured here wearing two swords, a privilege usually reserved for the samurai class, but a privilege also occasionally given to wealthy peasant families like his
Viscount Shibusawa Eiichi (sitting on the right of the front row) at a welcoming luncheon for the French ambassador Robert de Billy in 1927, Autochrome by Roger Dumas