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The Order of the Rising Sun (, ''Kyokujitsu shō'' ly. CLASSES The Order can be awarded in any of these eight classes:
The ''badge'' for the ''Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon'' is a Gilt cross with white enamelled rays, bearing a central emblem of a red enamelled sun disc surrounded by red rays, and with three Paulownia blossoms between each arm of the cross. It is suspended from three enamelled paulownia leaves on a sash in red with white border stripes, and is worn on the right shoulder. The ''star'' for the ''Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon'' is the same as the badge, but without the paulownia leaves suspension. It is worn on the left chest. The ''badge'' for the ''First to Sixth Classes'' is an eight-pointed badge, in gilt (1st-4th Classes), gilt and silver (5th Class), or silver (6th Class), with white enamelled rays, bearing a central red enamelled sun disc. It is suspended from three enamelled paulownia leaves (not chrysanthemum as the Decoration Bureau page claims) on a ribbon in white with red border stripes, worn as a sash on the right shoulder for the 1st Class, as a necklet for the 2nd and 3rd Classes, on the left chest for the 4th to 6th Classes (with a Rosette for the 4th Class). The ''star'' for the ''First and Second Classes'' is an eight-pointed silver badge, bearing a central emblem identical to the 4th Class badge without the paulownia leaves suspension. It is worn on the left chest for the 1st Class, on the right chest for the 2nd Class. The ''badge'' for the ''Seventh and Eighth Classes'' consists of just a silver medal in the shape of three paulownia leaves, enamelled for the 7th Class and plain for the 8th Class. It is suspended on a ribbon, again in white with red border stripes, worn on the left chest. SOME RECIPIENTS OF THE ORDER
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