decoration. For example: 勲一等旭日桐花大綬章 (literally: 1st Class, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Paulownia Flowers) 勲一等旭日大綬章 (literally: 1st Class...

Foreign Affairs. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2015. "秋の叙勲3964人 桐花大綬章に竹崎元最高裁長官" [Medal in autumn 2015: 3,964 people]. The Nikkei. 3 November 2015...