Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Chrysanthemum 大勲位菊花章 Dai-kun'i kikka-shō | |
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Order of the Chrysanthemum of Victor Emmanuel III. Musée de la Légion d'Honneur | |
Awarded by the Emperor of Japan | |
Awarded for | At the monarch's pleasure |
Status | Currently constituted |
Sovereign | HIM The Emperor |
Grades (w/ post-nominals) | Collar Grand Cordon |
Established | 1876 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | None; highest. |
Next (lower) | Order of the Paulownia Flowers |
Ribbon of the Order | |
The Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (大勲位菊花章 Dai-kun'i kikka-shō, literally Grand Order of the Badge of the Chrysanthemums) is Japan's highest order. The Grand Cordon of the Order was established in 1876 by Emperor Meiji of Japan; the collar of the Order was added on January 4, 1888. Although technically the order has only one class, it can either be awarded "with collar," meaning on a chain, or "with grand cordon," accompanied by a sash. Unlike its European counterparts, the order may be conferred posthumously.
Apart from the Imperial Family, only six Japanese citizens have ever been decorated with the collar in their lifetimes; the last such award was to former Prime Minister Saionji Kinmochi in 1928. Seven others have been posthumously decorated with the collar; the last such award was to former Prime Minister Sato Eisaku in 1975. Today, only the reigning Emperor holds this dignity as sovereign of the order; however, exceptions are made for foreign heads of state, who can be awarded the collar in friendship.
The grand cordon is the highest possible honour a Japanese citizen can be awarded during his lifetime. Aside from the Imperial Family, 21 grand cordons have been awarded to living citizens and 29 to the deceased.
Insignia
The collar of the order is made of gold, and features the kanji for "Meiji," in classic form, indicating the era of the order's establishment. It is decorated with gold chrysanthemum blossoms and green-enamelled leaves.
The sash of the grand cordon of the order is red with dark blue border stripes. It is worn on the right shoulder.
The star of the order is similar to the badge, but in silver, without the chrysanthemum suspension, and with an eight-pointed gilt medallion (with white-enamelled rays and red-enamelled sun disc) placed at the centre. It is worn on the left chest.
The badge of the order is a four-pointed gilt badge with white-enamelled rays; the centre bears a red enamelled sun disc. On each of the four corners of the badge is a yellow-enamelled chrysanthemum blossom with green-enamelled chrysanthemum leaves. The badge is suspended on a yellow-enamelled chrysanthemum, either on the collar or on the grand cordon.
Ribbon bars | |
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Collar |
Grand Cordon |
Sovereigns
Information from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
- Emperor Meiji (27 December 1876)
- Emperor Taishō (Grand Cordon 3 November 1889; Collar 10 May 1900; Sovereign from 30 July 1912)
- Emperor Shōwa (Grand Cordon 9 September 1912; Collar as Regent 24 September 1921; Sovereign from 25 December 1926)
- Emperor Akihito (Grand Cordon 10 November 1952; Sovereign from 7 January 1989)
Awards of the Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum to members of the Imperial Family and royals
Information from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Awards made to imperial princes while living
- Prince Komatsu Akihito (5 August 1895)
- Prince Fushimi Sadanaru (19 January 1916)
- Prince Kan'in Kotohito (24 September 1921)
- Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (29 April 1934)
- Prince Nashimoto Morimasa (29 April 1940)
Posthumous awards to imperial princes
- Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (16 January 1895)
- Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (1 November 1895)
- Prince Arisugawa Takehito (7 July 1913)
- Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito (27 June 1922)
- Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni (27 January 1929)
Posthumous award to foreign royalty
- Gojong of the Korean Empire (21 January 1919)
Awards of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum to members of the Imperial Family and royals
Information from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Awards made to imperial princes while living
- Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (2 November 1877)
- Prince Komatsu Akihito (7 December 1882)
- Prince Arisugawa Takahito (24 January 1886)
- Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (29 December 1886)
- Prince Arisugawa Takehito (29 December 1886)
- Prince Kuni Asahiko (29 December 1886)
- Prince Fushimi Sadanaru (29 December 1886)
- Prince Yamashina Akira (29 December 1886)
- Prince Kan'in Kotohito (18 August 1887)
- Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito (15 July 1889)
- Prince Kaya Kuninori (3 November 1903)
- Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni (3 November 1903)
- Prince Yamashina Kikumaro (3 November 1903)
- Prince Nashimoto Morimasa (3 November 1904)
- Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (3 November 1905)
- Prince Arisugawa Tanehito (4 April 1908)
- Prince Takeda Tsunehisa (31 October 1913)
- Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (31 October 1917)
- Prince Kuni Taka (31 October 1917)
- Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (31 October 1917)
- Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (31 October 1917)
- Prince Chichibu (25 October 1922)
- Prince Kachō Hirotada (19 March 1924)
- Prince Takamatsu (1 February 1925)
- Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi (3 November 1928)
- Prince Kaya Tsunenori (7 December 1930)
- Prince Kuni Asaakira (25 May 1932)
- Prince Kan'in Haruhito (3 November 1934)
- Prince Mikasa (1 October 1936)
- Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda (3 November 1940)
- Prince Takahiko Asaka (7 November 1940)
- Prince Hitachi (28 November 1955)
- Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (5 January 1966)
- Prince Katsura (27 February 1968)
- Prince Takamado (29 December 1974)
- Crown Prince Naruhito (23 February 1980)
- Prince Akishino (30 November 1985)
Posthumous awards to imperial princes
- Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa (4 September 1940)
Awards to foreign royals
- Prince Yi Un of Korea (27 April 1920)
- Prince Yi Kang of Korea (8 January 1924)
- Prince Yi Geon of Korea (3 November 1926)
- Prince Yi Wu of Korea (7 November 1943)
Ordinary awards of the Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Information incorporated from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Awards made to living individuals
- Itō Hirobumi (1 April 1906)
- Ōyama Iwao (1 April 1906)
- Yamagata Aritomo (1 April 1906)
- Matsukata Masayoshi (14 July 1916)
- Tōgō Heihachirō (11 November 1924)
- Saionji Kinmochi (10 November 1928)
Posthumous awards
- Katsura Tarō (10 October 1913)
- Inoue Kaoru (1 September 1915)
- Tokudaiji Sanetsune (4 June 1919)
- Ōkuma Shigenobu (10 January 1922)
- Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (9 December 1933)
- Yoshida Shigeru (20 October 1967)
- Eisaku Satō (3 June 1975)
Ordinary awards of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Incorporates information from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
Awards made to living recipients
- Sanjo Sanetomi (11 April 1882)
- Iwakura Tomomi (1 November 1882)
- Shimazu Hisamitsu (5 November 1887)
- Nakayama Tadayasu (14 May 1888)
- Itō Hirobumi (5 August 1895)*
- Kujō Michitaka (10 May 1900)
- Ōyama Iwao (3 June 1902)*
- Saigō Tsugumichi (3 June 1902)
- Yamagata Aritomo (3 June 1902)*
- Inoue Kaoru (1 April 1906)**
- Katsura Tarō (1 April 1906)**
- Tōgō Heihachirō (1 April 1906)*
- Tokudaiji Sanetsune (1 April 1906)**
- Matsukata Masayoshi (1 April 1906)*
- Nozu Michitsura (6 October 1908)
- Ito Sukeyuki (10 November 1913)
- Ōkuma Shigenobu (14 July 1916)**
- Saionji Kinmochi (21 December 1918)*
- Oku Yasukata (10 November 1928)
- Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (10 November 1928)**
- Yoshida Shigeru (29 April 1964)**
- Satō Eisaku (3 November 1972)**
- Nakasone Yasuhiro (29 April 1997)
(*Later awarded the collar of the order; **Posthumously awarded the collar of the order)
Posthumous awards
- Kuroda Kiyotaka (25 August 1900)
- Terauchi Masatake (3 November 1919)
- Hara Takashi (4 November 1921)
- Kabayama Sukenori (8 February 1922)
- Katō Tomosaburō (24 August 1923)
- Hasegawa Yoshimichi (28 January 1924)
- Katō Takaaki (28 January 1926)
- Lee Wan-Yong (12 February 1926)
- Kawamura Kageaki (28 April 1926)
- Inoue Yoshika (22 March 1929)
- Uehara Yūsaku (8 November 1933)
- Saitō Makoto (26 February 1936)
- Takahashi Korekiyo (26 February 1936)
- Tokugawa Iesato (5 June 1940)
- Kaneko Kentarō (16 May 1942)
- Kiyoura Keigo (5 November 1942)
- Sukarno (24 January 1943)
- Yamamoto Isoroku (18 April 1943)
- Ichiki Kitokuro (17 December 1944)
- Ichirō Hatoyama (7 March 1959)
- Hayato Ikeda (13 August 1965)
- Tanaka Kōtarō (1 March 1974)
- Masayoshi Ōhira (12 June 1980)
- Kishi Nobusuke (7 August 1987)
- Miki Takeo (14 November 1988)
- Fukuda Takeo (5 July 1995)
- Obuchi Keizō (14 May 2000)
- Takeshita Noboru (19 June 2000)
- Suzuki Zenkō (19 July 2004)
- Ryutaro Hashimoto (1 July 2006)
Foreign recipients of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Collar
- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, 1962
- Margrethe II of Denmark
- Harald V of Norway
- Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden
- Albert II of Belgium, 1996
- Mohammed VI of Morocco, 2005[1]
- Abdullah II of Jordan, 1999
- Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin of Malaysia, 2005
- Sultan Azlan Shah of Malaysia, 1991
- Sultan Abdul Halim of Malaysia, 1970
- Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, 1984
- Sultan Qaboos of Oman
- Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan, 1987
- Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, 1968[2]
- Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, 1984
- Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, 1963
- Juan Carlos I of Spain
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait 2012
Grand Cordon
- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, 1971[3]
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh[4]
- Charles, Prince of Wales, 1971.[5]
- Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden[6]
- Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark.[7]
- Prince Joachim of Denmark.[8]
- Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand
- Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
- Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant [9][10]
- Porfirio Diaz.
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves[11]
- Valdas Adamkus.[12]
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski.[13]
- Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga.
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Collar (deceased)
- Guangxu Emperor (1872–1908)
- Emperor Kojong of Korea (1852–1919).
- Emperor Sunjong of Korea (1874–1926).
- Tuanku Syed Putra (1920–2000).
- Haile Selassie I (1892–1974).
- Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah (1906–1979).
- Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886–1941).[14]
- Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001).
- Mahendra of Nepal (1920–1972).
- Muhammad Zahir Shah (1914–2007).[15]
- Fuad I (1868–1936).
- Faruk I (1920–1965).
- Hussein I (1935–1999).
- Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1926–2006).
- King Muhammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980).
- Caliph Abdülhamid II of the Ottoman Empire, 1887[16]
Grand Cordon (deceased)
- Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918) (Awarded October 1887). [17]
- Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938) (Awarded 20 February 1906). [18]
- Aishwarya, Queen consort of Nepal (1949–2001).
- Dipendra, Crown Prince of Nepal (1971–2001).
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969).[19]
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974).[20]
- Benito Mussolini (1883–1945).[21]
- Álvaro Obregón (1880–1928).[22]
- Prajadhipok, King of Siam (1893–1941).[23]
- Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1906–1967).
- Ronald Reagan (1911–2004).[24]
- Samuel Robinson (1870–1958).[25]
- Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1917-1989). [26]
- Amha Selassie I of Ethiopia (1916–1997).
- Prince Makonnen of Ethiopia (1923-1957).[27]
- Prince Sahle Selassie of Ethiopia (1931-1962).[27]
- Norodom Suramarit, King of Cambodia (1896–1960).
- Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980).
- Prince Imperial Uihwa (1877–1955).
- Vong Savang (1931-1978?).
- Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (1897–1970)
Notes
- ↑ Promoted from Grand Cordon in 1987.
- ↑ Promoted from Grand Cordon awarded in 1955.
- ↑ Hamilton, Alan. "Palace small talk problem solved: royal guest is a goby fish fanatic," The Times (London). May 30, 2007.
- ↑ Order awarded 5 Oct. 1971:Regiments: British, Empire, Commonwealth
- ↑ Order awarded 5 Oct. 1971:Regiments: British, Empire, Commonwealth
- ↑ ViewImages.com
- ↑ Danish Crown Prince website
- ↑
- ↑ Belga Pictures, State visit in Japan, 1996, Sovereign couples & Prince Philippe
- ↑ Order awarded 26th May 1994, mentioned in his biography in the official publication of the Belgian Senate
- ↑ http://www.estonia.com.au/pics/er_21.pdf
- ↑ President of the Republic of Lithuania - Biography
- ↑ Polish presidential web page
- ↑ Honor awarded 1930 -- "Japan to Decorate King Alfonso Today; Emperor's Brother Nears Madrid With Collar of the Chrysanthemum for Spanish King." New York Times, November 3, 1930.
- ↑ Decoration probably conferred during 1969 State Visit to Japan -- no specific citation support.
- ↑ osmanlihanedanvakfi.com
- ↑ "The Martyrs of Turkish Fleet at the Shore of Ooshima" (slides 5-6 of "A Brief Introduction to International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians"). Rotary Mariners. Archived from the original on 8 February 2005.
- ↑ Redesdale, Lord, The Garter Mission to Japan. London: Macmillan, 1906.P. 26.
- ↑ Honor awarded 1954 -- Weisman, Stephen. "Reagan Given Top Award by Japanese," New York Times. October 24, 1989.
- ↑ Honor awarded 1929 -- "Imperial Garter," Time Magazine, May 13, 1929.
- ↑ Honor awarded in 1938 -- "Flower to Mussolini," Time Magazine, September 5, 1938.
- ↑ Honor awarded in 1024 -- "Japan Decorates Obregon; Order of the Chrysanthemum is Conferred by Special Ambassador," New York Times, November 28, 1924.
- ↑ Honor awarded 1931 -- Mighty Monarch," Time Magazine, April 20, 1931.
- ↑ Honor awarded 1989 -- Weisman, Stephen. "Reagan Given Top Award by Japanese," New York Times. October 24, 1989.
- ↑ Vancouver Maritime Museum
- ↑ Honor awarded 1966 --
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Shoa6
See also
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References
- Peterson, James W., Barry C. Weaver and Michael A. Quigley. (2001). Orders and Medals of Japan and Associated States. San Ramon, California: Orders and Medals Society of America. 10-ISBN 1-890-97409-9/13-ISBN 978-1-890-97409-1; OCLC 45437720
External links
- Japan, Cabinet Office: Decorations and Medals
- Decoration Bureau: Order of the Chrysanthemum
- Japan Mint: Production Process
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