The Order of the Golden Kite was an order of the Empire of Japan, established on 12 February 1890 by Emperor Meiji "in commemoration of Jimmu Tennō, the Romulus of Japan". It was abolished in 1947 by
Order of the Golden Kite, 5th Class
Classes of the Order of the Golden Kite
Golden kite (Milvus migrans)
Tamon Yamaguchi was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi's carrier force was part of the a
Order of the Golden Kite
…1884–1943) Nagumo Chūichi (1887–1944) Koga Mineichi (1885–1944) Arima Masafumi (1895–1944) Oikawa Koshirō (1883–1958) Hasegawa Kiyoshi (1883–1970) Yamaguchi Tamon (1892–1942) Second Class Imperial Japanese Army Prince Komatsu Akihito (1846–1903) Prince Fushimi Sadanaru (1858–1923) Yamaguchi Motomi (1846–1904…
Rear Admiral Yamaguchi (1940–42)
Last Moment of Admiral Yamaguchi, by Renzō Kita, 1943