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Block 78. Kitano Tenmangu shrine; Sugawara Michizane, a 9th Century Poet. No security thread. Watermark is two birds. Black serial number upper left and lower right. Guilloche patterns.

Itagaki Taisuke at right. Gray paper. Diet building (Parliament) on reverse. Paper wavy. Printer: Tokyo Shoken Insatsu.

Letter 'B' in underprint. Series 100. Allied Military Currency. Oak and laurel leaves. No security thread. Watermark: MILITARY AUTHORITY. No folds, but softening to corners.

Doves of Peace at right. Parliament building,Tokyo. Nippon Ginko Ken. Bank of Japan. Printer: Toppan Insatu, Itabashi. Last two serial numbers 13.

Doves of Peace at right. Parliament building,Tokyo. Nippon Ginko Ken. Bank of Japan. Printer: Toppan Insatu, Itabashi. Last two serial numbers 13.Small ageing spots.

Cockerel at lower centre. Portrait Sontoku Ninomiya, a 19th Century Economist & Philosopher at right. Nippon Ginko Ken. Bank of Japan. Last two numbers - 12. Printer Insatsukyoku Takinokawa. Rosette.

Cockerel at lower centre. Portrait Sontoku Ninomiya, a 19th Century Economist & Philosopher at right. Nippon Ginko Ken. Bank of Japan. Last two numbers - 12. Printer Insatsukyoku Takinokawa. Rosette.

Yumedono Pavilion, The Hall of Dreams, at left. Prince Shotoku-taishi at right. Watermark of Paulownia leaves. Horyuji temple on back. Rosette. Last two digits 17. Printer: Teikoku Insatsu, Shiba

Yumedono Pavilion, The Hall of Dreams, at left. Prince Shotoku-taishi at right. Watermark of Paulownia leaves. Horyuji temple on back. Rosette. Last two digits 44. Printer: Tokyo Shoken Insatsu, Oji

Yumedono Pavilion, The Hall of Dreams, at left. Prince Shotoku-taishi at right. Watermark of Paulownia leaves. Horyuji temple on back. Rosette. Last two digits 15. Printer: Kyodo Insatsu Koishikawa. Stain at left margin.

Yumedono Pavilion, The Hall of Dreams, at left. Prince Shotoku-taishi at right. Watermark of Paulownia leaves. Horyuji temple on back. Last two digits 12. Printer Insatsukyoku Takinokawa. Rosette.

Yumedono Pavilion, The Hall of Dreams, at left. Prince Shotoku-taishi at right. Watermark of Paulownia leaves. Horyuji temple on back. Rosette. Marks on note. Last two digits 44. Printer: Dai Nippon , Insatsu, Enoki-cho.

Portrait Itagaki Taisuke at right. Lower right serial number ends 34mm from edge of note. Parliament building.

Hirobumi Ito. Blue double letter serial number. Bank of Japan building, Tokyo. Nippon Ginko Ken - Bank of Japan

Flowers. Kitasato Shibasaburo, Bacteriologist, Scientist, at right and as watermark with one vertical bars. Hokusai Katsushika’s woodblock print, The Great Wave of Kanagawa from 'Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji' No signature.

Flowers. Shibusawa Eiichi, Industrialist at right and as watermark with three bars. Marunouchi side of red brick railroad Tokyo Station from 1914. No signature. Printer: National Printing Bureau.

Flowers. Tsuda Umeko, Educator at right and as watermark with two vertical bars. Wisteria flowers.

Flowers. Kitasato Shibasaburo, Bacteriologist, Scientist, at right and as watermark with one vertical bars. Hokusai Katsushika’s woodblock print, The Great Wave of Kanagawa from 'Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji' No signature.

Hansatsu currency. Edo period. 17 & 18th Century used by Private Merchants. Called Bookmark currency because of the similar shape.

Hole, maybe a large pin hole or hole cancelled in note.Hansatsu currency. Edo period. 17 & 18th Century used by Private Merchants. Called Bookmark currency because of the similar shape.