Who is the elephant on the yen?

At present, there are three kinds of Japanese yen banknotes in circulation: 1 000,5000, 1 000 yen. On the front of the banknote with a face value of 5000 yuan is the head of the great educator Nitobe Inazo. Historically, he opened a road of reform and opening up for conservative Japanese with keen thoughts. 1000 yen The front of the banknote is a portrait of the novelist Xia Shushi. On the front of the 65,438+00,000 yen banknote is the head of the philosopher Fukuzawa Yukichi, who introduced the new knowledge and new thinking of the West to Japan in an all-round way, greatly broadening the horizons of the Japanese.

The numbers on the new bill are: 10000 yen-Fukuzawa Yukichi, 5000 yen-Higuchi Ichiyo, 1000 yen-Hideki Noguchi. Among them, Fukuzawa Yukichi was an important minister during the Meiji Restoration, Hideki Noguchi was the founder of modern Japanese bacteriology, and Higuchi Ichiyo was a young woman writer during the Meiji Restoration.

Compared with the first two people, Higuchi Ichiyo's fame and status are relatively inferior. However, as the first woman to "board" a yen note, she naturally has her own unique influence and representativeness. As one of the early pioneers of modern Japanese realistic literature, Higuchi Ichiyo created a large number of excellent works that reflected the current social situation and paid attention to Japanese women during her short 24-year life journey, and became a pioneer in the transformation of women's social roles at that time.

In this regard, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance said: "We have always focused on politicians, especially in terms of money, but if we consider it from a broader field, science, literature and gender equality are equally important to us."

According to the Ministry of Finance, these new notes were originally intended to be issued and circulated in July. However, the pattern of the 5000-yen banknote was adjusted many times in the design and production process, which took more time than expected, so it was finally decided to postpone the listing to 165438+ 10.