The ¥1,000 note is currently the lowest value yen banknote and has been used since 1945, excluding a brief period between 1946 and 1950 during the Allied occupation of Japan.
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Value | 1,000 Yen |
Width | 150 mm |
Height | 76 mm |
Security features | Fluorescent ink, intaglio printing, latent imaging, luminescent ink, microprinting, pearl ink, tactile marks, watermark, watermark-bar pattern, EURion constellation[1] |
Years of printing | 1950, 1963, 1984, 2004 (black serial numbers), 2011 (brown serial numbers), 2019 (blue serial numbers) |
Obverse | |
Design | portrait of Hideyo Noguchi |
Reverse | |
Design | Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms |
The fifth series (series E) notes are currently in circulation, and are the smallest of the three common bank notes. Extensive anti-counterfeiting measures are present in the newest banknotes. While the older notes are no longer issued, they continue to be legal tender.[2]
The first ¥1,000 note was released on 17 August 1945. At the time successive series of bank notes were labelled as series 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁 or as series い, ろ as opposed to series A, B, C, D, E.[3] It measured 172 × 100 mm and featured images of the legendary prince Yamato Takeru and the Shinto shrine Takebe taisha. It was removed from circulation in 1954.[4][5]
A series A bank note was planned in 1946 but never released, along with other planned bank notes.[6]
The series B note measured 164 x 76 mm and entered circulation on 1 July 1950. The obverse displayed an image of the semi-legendary regent and politician under Empress Suiko, Prince Shōtoku. The reverse side contained an image of the "Yumedono" (literally Hall of Dreams) in the grounds of Hōryū-ji, a Buddhist temple located in Nara Prefecture. Only one version of the bank note existed, and it was removed from circulation on 4 January 1965.[7]
Like its predecessor, the series C note measured 164 x 76 mm. It entered circulation on 1 November 1963. The obverse side contained a portrait of Itō Hirobumi, who, under Emperor Meiji, was the first Prime Minister of Japan, assuming office in 1885.[8] The reverse side displayed an image of the Bank of Japan. The series C note was released with the bank number[clarification needed] in two different colours: black (from 1963) and blue (from 1976). It was removed from circulation on 4 January 1986.[7]
The series D note, like the series E note currently in circulation, measured 150 x 76 mm. It entered circulation on 1 November 1984. The obverse side contained a portrait of the Meiji period novelist Natsume Sōseki, whose famous works include I Am a Cat and Kokoro. The reverse side featured two red-crowned cranes. The series D note was released with the bank number in four different colours: black (from 1984), blue (from 1990), brown (from 1993) and green (from 2000). With series E being brought into circulation in 2004, the series D notes were removed from circulation on 2 April 2007.[7]
The fifth series (series E) notes are currently in circulation, and are the smallest of the three common bank notes, measuring 150 x 76 mm. The front side shows a portrait of Hideyo Noguchi, who in 1911 discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease. The reverse depicts Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms, adapted from a photograph by Koyo Okada.[9] It was first issued on 1 November 2004.[10] Extensive anti-counterfeiting measures are present in the newest banknotes. They include intaglio printing, holograms, microprinting, fluorescent ink, latent images, watermarks, and angle-sensitive ink.[11]
On 9 April 2019, Finance Minister Tarō Asō announced new designs for the ¥1,000, ¥5,000, and ¥10,000 notes, for use beginning in July 3, 2024.[12] The ¥1,000 bill will feature Kitasato Shibasaburō and The Great Wave off Kanagawa.