Imperial Japan Set #1
1 Yen 1881-83 Paper Currency Issue P17

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Set Details
Note Description: Japan / Constitutional Monarchy
1 Yen 1878 (ND 1881)
Grade: VF 30
Country: JAP
Note Number: JAP17
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 - Great Imperial Japanese
Gov't Note
Certification #: 8081258-001  
Owner: RedWolfWhiteEagle
Sets Competing: Imperial Japan Set #1  Score: 1685
Imperial Japan 1872-1945 P1-P60  Score: 1685
Date Added: 1/20/2021
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

Obverse: Imperial Seal of Japan-chrysanthemum blossom (kikukamon)-top center. Empress Jingu (169-269 AD) at right. Jingu's birth name was Okinaga-Tarashi, and that she was born sometime in 169 AD. Her father was named Okinaganosukune, and her mother Kazurakinotakanuka-hime. Her mother is noted for being a descendant of Amenohiboko, a legendary prince of Korea. At some point in time she wed Tarashinakahiko (or Tarashinakatsuhiko), who would later be known as Emperor Chuai and bore him one child under a now disputed set of events. Jingu would serve as "Empress consort" during Chuai's reign until his death in 200 AD. Jingu's reign is conventionally considered to have been from 201 to 269 AD, and was considered to be the 15th Japanese imperial ruler until the Meiji period. In 1881, Empress Jingu became the first woman to be featured on a Japanese banknote; but since no actual images of this legendary figure are known to exist, the representation of Jingu was artistically contrived by the engraver Edoardo Chiossone. He actually used a female employee of the Government Printing Bureau as a model.
Obverse Colors: Black on Tan under print
Reverse: Ornate guilloche rosette with denomination at center and two dragon flies at 3 and 9 o’clock of rosette, red seal at 1 o’clock of rosette
Reverse Colors: Light Slate Blue
Watermark: None
Artist: Edoardo Chiossone (1833 - 1898), (designed it in 1881).
Signatures: Imperial Treasury red signature seals.
Date of first issue: 1881
Material: Cotton paper.

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