Order of the Rising Sun

Established by decree of the State Council of April 10, 1875 ^[2] . The Order of the Rising Sun was awarded only to men - both for military and civil merits ^[3] . In 2003, the reform of the order was carried out: now it is possible to reward women as well, and the elder type of the highest I degree - the Order of the Rising Sun with paulownia flowers is allocated as a separate award ^[4] . Third in seniority after the Order of Chrysanthemum and the Order of the Flowers of Paulownia (prior to the allocation of the Order of Flowers of Paulownia as a separate award, the second in seniority).

One of the first Europeans and the first Russian to be awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 1881 was I. I. Zarubin (1822-1902), a mechanic on the frigate "Pallas" ^[5] .

The badge of the order has a red glass cabochon in the center, symbolizing the rising sun, surrounded by 32 narrow double rays of white enamel, in the shape of an eight-pointed star. The sign is suspended on the imperial crest of paulownia from leaves and flowers, green and purple enamel, respectively. The imperial crest has paulownia flowers for signs I-IV of classes 5, 7 and 5, for flowers of V-VIII classes - 3, 5 and 3 flowers. The reverse of the sign is identical to the obverse, except that on the reverse of the pendant there are four hieroglyphs of the inscription "award of the Order of Merit."

The sign of the Great Ribbon of the Order of the Rising Sun is made of gilded silver.

The chest star is a gilded badge of the order superimposed on an eight-pointed star of 24 double silver beams with polished sides and a granular surface. On the reverse there are four heads of fastening screws and four hieroglyphs of the inscription "award of the Order of Merit."

The order has eight degrees. In 2003, the Order of the Rising Sun underwent a reorganization, the two junior (7 and 8) degrees of the order were abolished. The first degree was originally divided into two classes - the Order of the Rising Sun with the Flowers of Paulownia as the highest degree of the order and the Order of the Rising Sun on the Great Ribbon. At present, the “ Order of the Rising Sun with the Flowers of Paulownia " has been singled out as a separate award, ranking second in the Japanese award system after the " Higher Order of Chrysanthemum ."

Degrees of the Order of the Rising Sun:

• 1st degree - the badge of the order on a large ribbon, star.
• 2 degree - a badge of an order on a neck tape, a star.
• 3 degree - the badge of the order on the neck ribbon.
• 4th degree - the badge of the order on the breastplate with a socket.
• 5 degree - the badge of the order on the chest pad.
• 6th degree - the badge of the order of a smaller size than the previous degree on the chest pad.
• 7 degree - a pendant in the form of paulownia flowers on a sheet on a breast pad.
• 8 degree - pendant in the form of paulownia flowers on a sheet without enamel on the breastplate.

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  Big Ribbon Badge

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  Big Ribbon Star

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  Sign of the 8th degree, obverse

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  Sign of the 8th degree, reverse

• 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. ISBN 1-890974-09-9

• 勲 章 の 種類 （旭日 章） Orders of the Rising Sun (Japanese) . 内閣 府 Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. Date of appeal November 15, 2013. with a description of the first six degrees of the order
• Orders of the Rising Sun Cabinet Office, Government of Japan describing eight degrees of the order
• Order of the Rising Sun

• Category: Knights of the Order of the Rising Sun