Japan Banknotes 5 Yen 1878 Great Imperial Japanese National Bank "Dai Nippon Teikoku Kokuritsu Ginko"
Obverse: Black on green under-print with right vignette of three blacksmiths.
Reverse: Back with Ebisu, fish and fishing pole. "NATIONAL BANK, FIVE YEN," arched above and below.
Ebisu (恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎?), also transliterated Yebisu (ゑびす?, see historical kana orthography) or called Hiruko (蛭子?) or Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami (事代主神?), is the Japanese god of fishermen, luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health of small children. He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune (七福神 Shichifukujin), and the only one of the seven to originate purely from Japan without any Hindu or Chinese influence.
