JapanX Posted December 30, 2013 Posted December 30, 2013 It`s time to give a proper treatment for these beauties! Many thanks David for making these exellent scans and sharing them with us! Order of Precious Crown 宝冠章 Hōkan-shō 宝 - Precious/Treasured 冠 - Crown 章 - Order Interesting, that by some (unknown to me) reason Peterson translated 宝冠章 as Order of Sacred (?!) Crown. As far as I understand as adjective 宝 = precious, revered, treasured and as noun 宝 = brilliant, jewel, precious stone, sapphire, treasure. No "sacred" in sight ...
JapanX Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 Typical enamel damage "Typical" for order that was actually worn! And when we are talking about 2nd class we are talking about a) Queens Regnant (they got their Crowns on their 15th birthdays) b) Imperial princesses (they got their Crowns on the day of their wedding ceremonies) c) Diet members
JapanX Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 Ho-o/鳳凰 Birdie a.k.a. Hō-ō, Hou-ou, or Hoo-oo and in China as Fèng Huáng/Feng Huang In Moscow we call them Феникс/Phoenix
JapanX Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 Another birdie! Could be famous Yatagarasu/八咫烏 A.k.a. eight-span crow A.k.a. three-legged crow We don`t have these (at least currently) in Moscow
JapanX Posted December 30, 2013 Author Posted December 30, 2013 Predestination of these babies - chests of artists, poets, actresses, singers and high-ranking ladies from educational system. Obverse Reverse
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