Money!

Hi Class! I thought this BBC article was interesting. When I was in high school I read a lot of Jane Austen and I enjoy her writing, so this is great news to me. The US dollar features portraits of some Founding Fathers (people who played important roles in making the US an independent country) and past presidents. The $2 bill is my favorite because the image is of Thomas Jefferson, whom I really admire. But unfortunately the bill is also the least common in the market, so it is very difficult to get one.

Can you tell me what images are on Japanese money? Why do you think the government chose to use them? How are those images important to Japanese culture?