Fukuzawa Yukichi
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Fukuzawa Yukichi was a Japanese writer, educator, and philosopher who is regarded as one of the key figures of the Meiji era for his efforts to introduce and promote Western ideas and institutions in
Fukuzawa in 1891
Fukuzawa's childhood home in Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture
Fukuzawa in 1862
Fukuzawa posing in Utrecht as part of the First Japanese Embassy to Europe in 1862
10,000 yen note
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The ¥10,000 note is a yen banknote circulated in Japan. It is the highest denomination of banknote currently issued by the Bank of Japan. Apart from the commemorative 100,000 yen coin, it is the highe
Fukuzawa Yukichi
…the promotion of individual liberty, while his later embrace of nationalism and imperialism remains a subject of debate. His portrait appeared on the 10,000 yen note from 1984 to 2024. Fukuzawa Yukichi was born on 10 January 1835 in Osaka, Japan, into a low-ranking but respected samurai family of the Okudaira clan…
Series F 10000 yen front
Series F 10000 yen back
Series C 10,000 yen note (1957)
Series D 10,000 yen note (1984)