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Let`s compare it with mine breast star Obverses
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Reverse
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Not really "close-ups" you were counting for? Ok, ok. Breast star See how wide cabuchon ring is?
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Ok. Let`s roll! Our first stop will be collection of Metropolitan Museum. Grand Gordon was added to museum collection in 1906 as Gift of Edward D. Adams and Jacob H. Schiff. Museum dated this specimen as "late 19th century"
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By the way, how do you like this order of his medals? "Wedding"/"Cannon"/"Constitution"/"Red Cross" Instead of official "Constitution"/"Wedding"/"Cannon"/"Red Cross" Poets ...
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Turkish connection
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Check this out guys Exellent photo of Baron (lyricist and poet!) Takasaki Masakaze with cannon on his chest! This photo was made somewhere between 1905 and 1912
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Second will be 30 pages long "Ranks, Offices, and Certain Incumbents" from “The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature” published in 1985 It can be downloaded here Ranks, Offices, and Certain Incumbents.pdf
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Two very interesting and useful sources of info about ranks, offices, titles etc. They are freely distributed by Stefan Unterstein in München. First will be 27 pages long "Some Information on Nobility, Peerage and Ranks in Ancient and Meiji-Japan" It can be downloaded right here Some Information on Nobility, Peerage and Ranks in Ancient and Meiji-Japan.pdf
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Found this amazing example of calligraphy by Okubo Toshisada Nice!
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Interesting, that after retirement from the army our General became the chief priest of the Kirishima Shrine. Toshimichi Okubo, the great revolutionist and statesman of Japan, is Toshisada's blood relative (cousin)
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Around couple k`s
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Details Interesting that decal image completely corresponds (by central mirror) to actual breast star
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Left side Right side
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His doc for 2nd class Sacred Treasure that was issued to him in 1905
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Details of print
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