This pure silver coin commemorates the 100th anniversary of Emperor Meiji’s accession to the throne. It was manufactured by Ginza Tenshodo. The reverse side is inscribed with a waka poem composed by the Emperor.
The waka poems made by the Emperor are called “Gyo-sei（御製）” in Japanese.
The gyosei goes; “よもの海 みなはらからと 思ふ世に など波風の たちさわぐらむ”
Yomo-no-umi Mina-hara-kara-to omo-u-yoni nado-namikase-no tachi-sawaguramu
This can be translated like this: How can there be strife when I consider the whole world to be my brothers and sisters?
This waka is made by Meiji Emperor in 1904, when the Russo-Japanese war broke out.
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