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is Japan's highest order. The Grand Cordon of the Order was established in 1876 by
* : ''Awarded with the Grand Cordon''
*Sanjō 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)
*Itō Sukeyuki (10 November 1913)
*Ōkuma Shigenobu (14 July 1916)⁑
** : ''Later awarded the Collar''
:⁑ : ''Posthumously awarded the Collar''
*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)
*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)
*Isoroku Yamamoto (18 April 1943)
*Ichiki Kitokurō (17 December 1944)
*Ichirō Hatoyama (7 March 1959)
*Hayato Ikeda (13 August 1965)
*Kōtarō Tanaka (judge), Kōtarō Tanaka (1 March 1974)
*Masayoshi Ōhira (12 June 1980)
*Nobusuke Kishi (7 August 1987)
*Takeo Miki (14 November 1988)
*Takeo Fukuda (5 July 1995)
*Keizō Obuchi (14 May 2000)
*Noboru Takeshita (19 June 2000)
*Zenkō Suzuki (19 July 2004)
*Ryūtarō Hashimoto (1 July 2006)
*Toshiki Kaifu (9 January 2022)
*Shinzō Abe (11 July 2022)*
:* : ''Awarded with the Collar''
* Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India (1841–1910)
* George V, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India (1865–1936)
* Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany (1859–1941)
* Franz Joseph I of Austria, Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary (1830–1916)
* Vittorio Emanuele III, Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1869–1947)
* Leopold II of Belgium, Leopold II, King of Belgium (1835–1909)
* Emperor Gojong of Korea (1852–1919)
* Emperor Sunjong of Korea (1874–1926)
* Tuanku Syed Putra, King of Malaysia (1920–2000)
* Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1892–1974)
* Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, King of Malaysia (1906–1979)
* Sultan Abdul Halim, King of Malaysia (1970–2017)
* Alfonso XIII of Spain, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886–1941)
* Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States (1890–1969)
* Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (1907–1996)
* Sultan Azlan Shah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (king) of Malaysia (1928–2014)
* Birendra of Nepal, Birendra, King of Nepal (1945–2001)
* Mahendra of Nepal, Mahendra, King of Nepal (1920–1972)
* George Tupou V, King of Tonga (1948–2012)
* Suharto, President of Indonesia (1921–2008)
* Muhammad Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1914–2007)
* Fuad I of Egypt, Fuad I, King of Egypt and the Sudan (1868–1936)
* Farouk of Egypt, Faruk I, King of Egypt and the Sudan (1920–1965)
* Hussein of Jordan, Hussein I, King of Jordan (1935–1999)
* Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1922–2012) 1968
* Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (1926–2006)
* Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah (Emperor) of Iran (1919–1980)
* Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1887 (1842–1912)
* Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (1946–2016)
* Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, 1984 (1932–2016)
* Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, 2012 (1929-2020)
* Elizabeth II, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1962 (1926-2022)
* Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1842–1918)
* Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Crown Prince of the Austro Hungarian Empire (1863–1914)
* Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821–1912)
* Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938)
* Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China (1871–1908)
* Wang Jingwei, President of the Wang Jingwei regime, December 1942
* Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, Aishwarya, Queen consort of Nepal (1949–2001)
* Dipendra of Nepal, Dipendra, Crown Prince of Nepal (1971–2001)
* Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)
* Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1901–1970)
* Suharto, Soeharto, President of Indonesia (1921–2008)
* Marie François Sadi Carnot, Sadi Carnot, President of France (1837–1894)
* Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1883–1945)
* Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1830–1915)
* Álvaro Obregón, President of Mexico (1880–1928)
* Prajadhipok, King of Siam (1893–1941)
* Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1906–1967)
* Ronald Reagan, President of the United States (1911–2004)
* Samuel Robinson (sea captain), Samuel Robinson (1870–1958)
* Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1902–1976)
* Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1917–1989) Honor awarded 1966 --]
* Amha Selassie, Amha Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916–1997)
* Prince Makonnen, Prince Imperial Makonnen of Ethiopia (1923–1957)
* Prince Sahle Selassie, Prince Imperial Sahle Selassie of Ethiopia (1931–1962)
* Norodom Suramarit, King of Cambodia (1896–1960)
* Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (1892–1980)
* Yi Kang, Prince Imperial Uihwa of Korea (1877–1955)
* Vong Savang, Crown Prince Vong Savang of Laos (1931–1978?)
* Yi Un, Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (1897–1970)
* Todor Zhivkov of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1911–1998)
* Kalākaua, David Kalākaua, List of monarchs of Hawaii, King of Hawaii (1836–1891)
*Chulalongkorn, King of Siam (1853–1910)
* Qaboos bin Said al Said, Qaboos, List of rulers of Oman, Sultan of Oman (1940–2020)
* Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1928-2020)
* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, List of British consorts, Prince consort of the United Kingdom (1921–2021)
* Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines (1960–2021)
* Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1962 (1926-2022)
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Emperor Meiji of Japan
, also called or , was the 122nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Reigning from 13 February 1867 to his death, he was the first monarch of the Empire of Japan and presided over the Meiji era. He was the figur ...
; the Collar of the Order was added on 4 January 1888. Unlike its European counterparts, the order may be conferred posthumously.
Apart from the Imperial Family
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, only seven Japanese citizens have ever been decorated with the collar in their lifetimes; the last such award was to former Prime Minister
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Saionji Kinmochi
Prince was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's ''genrō,'' he was the most i ...
in 1928. Eight others have been posthumously decorated with the collar; the last such award was to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍 晋三, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 20 ...
in 2022. Today, only the reigning Emperor
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holds this dignity as sovereign of the order; however, exceptions are made for foreign heads of state
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, who can be awarded the collar in friendship.
The grand cordon is the highest possible honour
Honour (British English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a ...
a Japanese citizen can be awarded during his or her lifetime. Aside from members of the Imperial Family, 53 Japanese citizens have been decorated with the grand cordon; of these, only 23 were living at the time of receipt.
Insignia
The ''collar'' of the order is made of gold, and features thekanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
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.
Grades
Sovereigns
* Emperor Meiji (Sovereign from 27 December 1876) *Emperor Taishō
was the 123rd Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and the second ruler of the Empire of Japan from 30 July 1912 until his death in 1926.
The Emperor's personal name was . According to Japanese custom, while reigni ...
(Grand Cordon 3 November 1889; Collar 10 May 1900; Sovereign from 30 July 1912)
*Emperor Shōwa
Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...
(Grand Cordon 9 September 1912; Collar as Regent 24 September 1921; Sovereign from 25 December 1926)
*Emperor Akihito
is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. He presided over the Heisei era, ''Heisei'' being an expression of achieving peace worldwide.
Bo ...
(Grand Cordon 10 November 1952; Sovereign from 7 January 1989 to 30 April 2019)
*Emperor Naruhito
is the current Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era, following the abdication of his father, Akihito. He is the 126th monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession.
...
(Grand Cordon 23 February 1980; Sovereign since 1 May 2019)
Awards of the Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum to members of the Imperial Family and royalty
Awards made to imperial princes while living
*Prince Komatsu Akihito
was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who was a member of the Fushimi-no-miya, one of the ''shinnōke'' branches of the Imperial Family of Japan, which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Biography
Earl ...
(5 August 1895)
*Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
was the 22nd head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (branch of the Imperial Family). He was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Early life
Prince Sadanaru was born in Kyoto as the fourteenth son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie (1802– ...
(19 January 1916)
*Prince Kan'in Kotohito
was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army Ge ...
(24 September 1921)
*Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
was a scion of the Japanese imperial family and was a career naval officer who served as chief of staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1932 to 1941.
Early life
Prince Hiroyasu was born in Tokyo as Prince Narukata, the eldest son of Prin ...
(29 April 1934)
*Prince Nashimoto Morimasa
was a member of the Japanese Imperial Family and a ''Field Marshal (Japan), field marshal'' in the Imperial Japanese Army. An uncle-in-law of Emperor Shōwa, an uncle of his consort, Empress Kōjun, and the father-in-law of Crown Prince Euimin ...
(29 April 1940)
Posthumous awards to imperial princes
*Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who became the 9th head of the line of '' shinnōke'' cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan on September 9, 1871.
Early life
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito was born in Kyoto in ...
(16 January 1895)
*Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
of Japan, was the second head of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was formerly enshrined in Tainan-Jinja, Taiwan, under the name ''Kitashirakawa no Miya Yoshihisa-shinnō no Mikoto'' as the main and only deity.
Biogra ...
(1 November 1895)
*Prince Arisugawa Takehito
was the 10th head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Early life
Prince Takehito was born in Kyoto as a scion of the house, one of the ''shinnōke'' branches of the Imperial ...
(7 July 1913)
*Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito
was the second (and last) head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an '' ōke'' cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family.
Early life
Born on September 19, 1867, as seventeenth (and posthumous) son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie, head of the Fushimi- ...
(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 royalty
Awards made to imperial princes while living
*Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who became the 9th head of the line of '' shinnōke'' cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan on September 9, 1871.
Early life
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito was born in Kyoto in ...
(2 November 1877)
*Prince Komatsu Akihito
was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who was a member of the Fushimi-no-miya, one of the ''shinnōke'' branches of the Imperial Family of Japan, which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Biography
Earl ...
(7 December 1882)
*Prince Arisugawa Takahito
was the eighth head of the house, one of the ''shinnōke'' branches of the Imperial Family of Japan, which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out.
Family
*Father: Prince Arisugaw ...
(24 January 1886)
*Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa
of Japan, was the second head of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was formerly enshrined in Tainan-Jinja, Taiwan, under the name ''Kitashirakawa no Miya Yoshihisa-shinnō no Mikoto'' as the main and only deity.
Biogra ...
(29 December 1886)
*Prince Arisugawa Takehito
was the 10th head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family and a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Early life
Prince Takehito was born in Kyoto as a scion of the house, one of the ''shinnōke'' branches of the Imperial ...
(29 December 1886)
*Prince Kuni Asahiko
was a member of a collateral line of the Japanese imperial family who played a key role in the Meiji Restoration. Prince Asahiko was an adopted son of Emperor Ninkō and later a close advisor to Emperor Kōmei and Emperor Meiji. He was the gre ...
(29 December 1886)
*Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
was the 22nd head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke (branch of the Imperial Family). He was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Early life
Prince Sadanaru was born in Kyoto as the fourteenth son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie (1802– ...
(29 December 1886)
*Prince Yamashina Akira
(22 October 1816 – 17 February 1898) was a Japanese diplomat, and the founder of the Yamashina ōke, collateral line of the Imperial Household of Japan, Japanese imperial family.
Early life
Prince Akira was born in Kyoto, the eldest son o ...
(29 December 1886)
*Prince Kan'in Kotohito
was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. During his tenure as the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army Ge ...
(18 August 1887)
*Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito
was the second (and last) head of the Higashifushimi-no-miya, an '' ōke'' cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family.
Early life
Born on September 19, 1867, as seventeenth (and posthumous) son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie, head of the Fushimi- ...
(15 July 1889)
*Prince Kaya Kuninori
(1 September 1867 – 8 December 1909) was a member of the Japanese imperial family and the founder of one of the nine ''ōke'' (or princely houses) in the Meiji period.
Early life
The prince was born in Kyoto, as the second of the nine son ...
(3 November 1903)
*Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji and Taishō periods. He was the father of Empress Kōjun (who in turn was the consort of the Emperor Shōwa), and therefore, the mat ...
(3 November 1903)
*Prince Yamashina Kikumaro (3 November 1903)
*Prince Nashimoto Morimasa
was a member of the Japanese Imperial Family and a ''Field Marshal (Japan), field marshal'' in the Imperial Japanese Army. An uncle-in-law of Emperor Shōwa, an uncle of his consort, Empress Kōjun, and the father-in-law of Crown Prince Euimin ...
(3 November 1904)
*Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
was a scion of the Japanese imperial family and was a career naval officer who served as chief of staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1932 to 1941.
Early life
Prince Hiroyasu was born in Tokyo as Prince Narukata, the eldest son of Prin ...
(3 November 1905)
*Prince Arisugawa Tanehito (4 April 1908)
*Prince Takeda Tsunehisa (31 October 1913)
*Prince Asaka Yasuhiko (31 October 1917)
*Prince Kuni Taka (31 October 1917)
*Prince Kitashirakawa Naruhisa (31 October 1917)
*Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko (31 October 1917)
*Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, 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 Takeda Tsuneyoshi (3 November 1940)
*Prince Asaka Takahiko (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 Kitashirakawa Nagahisa (4 September 1940)Awards to foreign royalty
*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) *King Charles III of the United Kingdom (5 October 1971) *Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah of Brunei (April 1984) *King Birendra of Nepal (1975) *Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal (12 April 2001)Ordinary awards of the Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Awards made to living individuals
*Itō Hirobumi (1 April 1906) *Ōyama Iwao (1 April 1906) *Yamagata Aritomo (1 April 1906) *Katsura Tarō (10 October 1913) *Matsukata Masayoshi (14 July 1916) *Tōgō Heihachirō (11 November 1926) *Saionji Kinmochi
Prince was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's ''genrō,'' he was the most i ...
(10 November 1928)
Posthumous awards
*Inoue Kaoru (1 September 1915) *Tokudaiji Sanetsune (4 June 1919) *Ōkuma Shigenobu (10 January 1922) *Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Yamamoto Gonbee (9 December 1933) *Shigeru Yoshida (20 October 1967) *Eisaku Satō (3 June 1975) *Yasuhiro Nakasone (29 November 2019) *Shinzō Abe (11 July 2022)* :Ordinary awards of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Awards made to living recipients
*Sanjō 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)
*Itō Sukeyuki (10 November 1913)
*Ōkuma Shigenobu (14 July 1916)⁑
*Saionji Kinmochi
Prince was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's ''genrō,'' he was the most i ...
(21 December 1918)*
*Ye Wanyong, (February 1926)
*Oku Yasukata (10 November 1928)
*Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, Yamamoto Gonbee (10 November 1928)⁑
*Shigeru Yoshida (29 April 1964)⁑
*Eisaku Satō (3 November 1972)⁑
*Yasuhiro Nakasone (29 April 1997)⁑
: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)
*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)
*Isoroku Yamamoto (18 April 1943)
*Ichiki Kitokurō (17 December 1944)
*Ichirō Hatoyama (7 March 1959)
*Hayato Ikeda (13 August 1965)
*Kōtarō Tanaka (judge), Kōtarō Tanaka (1 March 1974)
*Masayoshi Ōhira (12 June 1980)
*Nobusuke Kishi (7 August 1987)
*Takeo Miki (14 November 1988)
*Takeo Fukuda (5 July 1995)
*Keizō Obuchi (14 May 2000)
*Noboru Takeshita (19 June 2000)
*Zenkō Suzuki (19 July 2004)
*Ryūtarō Hashimoto (1 July 2006)
*Toshiki Kaifu (9 January 2022)
*Shinzō Abe (11 July 2022)*
:Foreign recipients of the Order of the Chrysanthemum
Collar
* Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri, Monarchy of Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 2017 * Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, List of monarchs of the Netherlands#Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–present), King of the Netherlands, 2014 * Margrethe II of Denmark, Margrethe II, Monarchy of Denmark, Queen of Denmark * Harald V of Norway, Harald V, List of Norwegian monarchs, King of Norway * Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustav, Monarchy of Sweden, King of Sweden * Albert II of Belgium, Albert II, Monarchy of Belgium, King of the Belgians, 1996 * Philippe of Belgium, Philippe, King of the Belgians, 2016 * Mohammed VI of Morocco, Mohammed VI, List of rulers of Morocco, King of Morocco, 2005 * Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II, List of kings of Jordan, King of Jordan, 1999 * Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, King of Malaysia, 2005 * Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Hassanal Bolkiah, List of Sultans of Brunei, Sultan of Brunei, 1984 * Jigme Singye Wangchuck, List of rulers of Bhutan, King of Bhutan, 1987 * Juan Carlos I of Spain, Juan Carlos I, Monarchy of Spain, King of Spain, 1980 * Felipe VI of Spain, Felipe VI, King of Spain, 2017 * Salman of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 2017Grand Cordon
* Charles III, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, King of the United Kingdom * Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Victoria, List of heirs to the Swedish throne, Crown Princess of Sweden * Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark * Prince Joachim of Denmark * Vajiralongkorn, Monarchy of Thailand, King of Thailand * Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands * Norodom Sihamoni, Monarchy of Cambodia, King of Cambodia, 2010 * Philippe of Belgium, Philippe, King of the Belgians * François Hollande, President of France * Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia * Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania * Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland * Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia * Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines * Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan * Mauricio Macri, President of ArgentinaCollar (deceased)
* Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India (1841–1910)
* George V, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India (1865–1936)
* Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany (1859–1941)
* Franz Joseph I of Austria, Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary (1830–1916)
* Vittorio Emanuele III, Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1869–1947)
* Leopold II of Belgium, Leopold II, King of Belgium (1835–1909)
* Emperor Gojong of Korea (1852–1919)
* Emperor Sunjong of Korea (1874–1926)
* Tuanku Syed Putra, King of Malaysia (1920–2000)
* Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1892–1974)
* Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, King of Malaysia (1906–1979)
* Sultan Abdul Halim, King of Malaysia (1970–2017)
* Alfonso XIII of Spain, Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886–1941)
* Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States (1890–1969)
* Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (1907–1996)
* Sultan Azlan Shah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (king) of Malaysia (1928–2014)
* Birendra of Nepal, Birendra, King of Nepal (1945–2001)
* Mahendra of Nepal, Mahendra, King of Nepal (1920–1972)
* George Tupou V, King of Tonga (1948–2012)
* Suharto, President of Indonesia (1921–2008)
* Muhammad Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1914–2007)
* Fuad I of Egypt, Fuad I, King of Egypt and the Sudan (1868–1936)
* Farouk of Egypt, Faruk I, King of Egypt and the Sudan (1920–1965)
* Hussein of Jordan, Hussein I, King of Jordan (1935–1999)
* Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia (1922–2012) 1968
* Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (1926–2006)
* Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, Shah (Emperor) of Iran (1919–1980)
* Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1887 (1842–1912)
* Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (1946–2016)
* Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, 1984 (1932–2016)
* Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, 2012 (1929-2020)
* Elizabeth II, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1962 (1926-2022)
Grand Cordon (deceased)
* Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1842–1918)
* Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Crown Prince of the Austro Hungarian Empire (1863–1914)
* Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821–1912)
* Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883–1938)
* Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China (1871–1908)
* Wang Jingwei, President of the Wang Jingwei regime, December 1942
* Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, Aishwarya, Queen consort of Nepal (1949–2001)
* Dipendra of Nepal, Dipendra, Crown Prince of Nepal (1971–2001)
* Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)
* Sukarno, President of Indonesia (1901–1970)
* Suharto, Soeharto, President of Indonesia (1921–2008)
* Marie François Sadi Carnot, Sadi Carnot, President of France (1837–1894)
* Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy (1883–1945)
* Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico (1830–1915)
* Álvaro Obregón, President of Mexico (1880–1928)
* Prajadhipok, King of Siam (1893–1941)
* Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo (1906–1967)
* Ronald Reagan, President of the United States (1911–2004)
* Samuel Robinson (sea captain), Samuel Robinson (1870–1958)
* Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil (1902–1976)
* Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1917–1989) Honor awarded 1966 --]
* Amha Selassie, Amha Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1916–1997)
* Prince Makonnen, Prince Imperial Makonnen of Ethiopia (1923–1957)
* Prince Sahle Selassie, Prince Imperial Sahle Selassie of Ethiopia (1931–1962)
* Norodom Suramarit, King of Cambodia (1896–1960)
* Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (1892–1980)
* Yi Kang, Prince Imperial Uihwa of Korea (1877–1955)
* Vong Savang, Crown Prince Vong Savang of Laos (1931–1978?)
* Yi Un, Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (1897–1970)
* Todor Zhivkov of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1911–1998)
* Kalākaua, David Kalākaua, List of monarchs of Hawaii, King of Hawaii (1836–1891)
*Chulalongkorn, King of Siam (1853–1910)
* Qaboos bin Said al Said, Qaboos, List of rulers of Oman, Sultan of Oman (1940–2020)
* Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1928-2020)
* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, List of British consorts, Prince consort of the United Kingdom (1921–2021)
* Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines (1960–2021)
* Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1962 (1926-2022)
See also
*Order of the Rajamitrabhorn (Thailand) *Order of the Royal House of Chakri (Thailand) *Grand Order of Mugunghwa (ROK) *Order of the Garter (UK) *Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Grand Cross special class and special issue equivalents) *Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (Grand Star) *Order of St. Andrew (Russia) *Order of the Golden Fleece (Spain) *Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal; Grand Collar and Grand Cross)Notes
References
Citations
Sources
* 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. ; .Congrats to Him: PM Modi's Message for Dr Manmohan Singh
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External links
* Japan, Cabinet Office** Decoration Bureau
* Japan Mint
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