1 Monme

Obverse

Black print; blue stripe; red and green stamps.
Full-length figure of Daikokuten front-facing, sitting on two rice bales, holding Uchide-no-kozuchi mallet in right hand and large bag in left hand to his back, at the top. Hōju Cintāmaṇi flanked by vertical inscriptions. Vertical inscription flanked by two dragons in the middle; one facing up, looking left, on the right; one facing down, looking up, on the left., Character in seal script inside circle, surrounded by circular inscriptions in seal script inside circle, surrounded by Takarazukushi various auspicious objects (from center-top clockwise: Hōyaku, Kakuremino, Chōji, Shippō, Kakuregasa, Chōji, Uchide-no-kozuchi, Tsutsumori, Hōju, Fundō, and Shippō), at the bottom.
Blue wavy sripe at the upper. Red stamped inscription in Chinese seal script inside Uchide-no-kozuchi in the center. Green stamped inscription in Chinese seal script iside circle lower.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Chinese (traditional, seal script)

Lettering:
和州
柳本
銀壹匁預
柳
子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥

Translation:
Washū (Yamato Province), Yanagimoto.
Silver one Monme deposit.
Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Boar.

Reverse

Black print; red stamp.
Full-length figure of archer mounted on horse front-facing, holding bow, flanked by two curtains, at the top. Bird over text boxes.

Scripts: Chinese (traditional, regular script), Chinese (traditional, seal script), Katakana

Lettering:
文政十三庚寅年
四月吉祥日
此手形逥次第
表書之通銀子
相渡シ可申候以上
引替所［?］
津𫝆
吉井屋善右エ門
大阪屋文次郎
松本衣右浦（?常）

Translation:
Bunsei Thirteenth Metal Tiger year, forth month auspicious day.
By the time this scrip circulate, value written on obverse of circulating silver, can be given on demand.
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See also

• Mythology

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