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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 713801, member: 18867&quot;]<b>Pick# 85 - Bank of Japan 1 Yen 1946-1951 ND (No Date) Issue, 1946</b></p><p>Front: Cockeral at lower center, Ninomiya Sontoku at right</p><p>Value: Approximately $1 USD for uncirculated</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ninomiya Sontoku</b> (二宮 尊徳), born <b>Ninomiya Kinjirō</b> (二宮 金次郎, 1787-1856), was a prominent 19th century Japanese agricultural leader, philosopher, moralist and economist who was born to a poor peasant family but became a great landowner through hard work. He invented an original poverty reduction program out of his own experience. The rulers of the time, shogunate and daimyo, recognized his ability and hired him as a manager of rural development program.</p><p><br /></p><p>Born in a poor farmer family with a name of Kinjiro in Kayama&nbsp; Ashigarakami-gun Sagami province, Sontoku studied on his own as he worked hard for his family. The name &quot;Sontoku&quot; was given to him for his accomplishments. Later in life, he was recruited by various daimyo to run oversee village restoration projects. Even to this day, he tends to be regarded as a symbol of hard work and perseverance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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