Order of Culture

E71911

Japanese order state decoration

The Order of Culture is one of Japan’s highest honors, awarded by the Emperor to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the nation’s culture, arts, or academic advancement.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Order of Culture (Japan)	12
Decoration of Cultural Merit	1

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese order ⓘ state decoration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bunka-kunshō ⓘ
awardedBy	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
awardingBody	Government of Japan ⓘ
ceremonialRole	symbol of national recognition in culture ⓘ
conferredOn	persons with outstanding academic achievements ⓘ persons with outstanding artistic achievements ⓘ persons with outstanding cultural achievements ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
eligibility	Japanese citizens ⓘ foreign nationals ⓘ individuals ⓘ
field	academia ⓘ arts ⓘ culture ⓘ
hasRecipient	artists ⓘ scholars ⓘ scientists ⓘ writers ⓘ
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
purpose	recognition of contributions to academic advancement ⓘ recognition of contributions to culture ⓘ recognition of contributions to the arts ⓘ
rank	one of the highest Japanese honors ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
typeOfAward	civil decoration ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akira Endo → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Akira Kurosawa → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

Akira Suzuki → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

Eisaku Satō → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

Hideki Yukawa → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Decoration of Cultural Merit

Hideo Ohno → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Hiroshi Amano → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Isamu Akasaki → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

Kazuo Inamori → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

Kenzaburō Ōe → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Kenzo Tange → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Kiyoshi Itô → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Leo Esaki → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

Masaru Ibuka → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Masatoshi Koshiba → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Seiji Ozawa → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Shibasaburo Kitasato → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Shuji Nakamura → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Sin-Itiro Tomonaga → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

Toshihide Maskawa → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

Yoshio Nishina → awardReceived → Order of Culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)

Culture Day → awardsPresented → Order of Culture ⓘ

Medal of Honor (Japan) → higherAward → Order of Culture ⓘ