5000 yen note

5,000 Yen
(Japan)
Value	5,000 Yen
Width	156 mm
Height	76 mm
Security features	Hologram, Intaglio printing, Latent image, Luminescent ink, Microprinting, Pearl ink, Tactile marks, Watermark, Watermark-Bar pattern, EURion constellation
Years of printing	1957, 1984, 2004 (Black serial numbers), 2014 (Brown serial numbers)
Obverse
Design	portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi
Reverse
Design	"Kakitsubata-zu" (painting of irises), Work of Korin Ogata

The front side of the note includes a portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi, a Meiji era writer and poet. The reverse side depicts Japanese irises (kakitsubata) from the Irises screen by Korin Ogata.^[3]

Extensive anti-counterfeiting measures are present in the banknote. They include intaglio printing, holograms, microprinting, fluorescent ink, latent images, watermarks, and angle-sensitive ink.^[4]

Series C 5000 yen note (1957)
Series D 5000 yen note (1984)

References

^ Image of the new 5,000 Yen note Japan Today. Retrieved on 2014-05-12.
^ Introduction of the 5,000 Yen Note with Improved Tactile Features for Enhanced Identifiability Bank of Japan (www.boj.or.jp). Retrieved on 2015-01-11.
^ National Printing Bureau. "Banknotes Currently Issued" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-07-23.
^ National Printing Bureau. "Anti-Counterfeiting Measures" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-07-23.

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