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Message:: [QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 382657, member: 12789"]Higuchi Ichiyo is only the third woman ever pictured on a Japanese banknote: <img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/banknotes/japan/japan5000yendtl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/banknotes/japan/japan5000yen.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Higuchi Ichiyo(1872-1896) was the pen name of Higuchi Natsu, she assumed a pen name so that she could continue to write in a man's world and have her works published. Her works were critically acclaimed, and memorable 110 years after her untimely demise in 1896. Her works are considered the first significant work by a female in Japanese literature, and in 2004 she was finally recognised with the issue of this 5,000 Yen note. This note has many security features. The depiction of Higuchi Ichiyo represents only the third time in Japanese history that a woman has been depicted on a banknote, the first was in 1881 more recently a 2,000 Yen note was issued with Murasaki Shikibu in 2000. <img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/banknotes/japan/higuchiichiyo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> A contemporary photo of Ms. Ichiyo, and likely the source of the image for this banknote. [/QUOTE]