文化勲章(ぶんかくんしょう)

ぶんかくんしょう
noun
Order of Culture
culturesociety
1. Order of Culture; Japan's highest cultural honor, awarded by the Emperor to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to arts, sciences, or culture
A decoration given each year by the Emperor of Japan on Culture Day (November 3) to people who have made great contributions to culture, the arts or science.
文化勲章(ぶんかくんしょう)を受章(じゅしょう)する。
Receive the Order of Culture.
毎年(まいとし)文化(ぶんか)の日(ひ)に文化勲章(ぶんかくんしょう)の授与式(じゅよしき)が行(おこな)われる。
The Order of Culture award ceremony is held every year on Culture Day.
ノーベル賞(しょう)を受賞(じゅしょう)した科学者(かがくしゃ)が文化勲章(ぶんかくんしょう)にも選(えら)ばれた。
The scientist who won the Nobel Prize was also selected for the Order of Culture.

Japan's most prestigious cultural award, established in 1937. The medal is presented personally by the Emperor on November 3rd (文化(ぶんか)の日(ひ) — Culture Day). Recipients include novelists, artists, scientists, scholars, and other cultural figures.

Common collocations

  • 文化勲章(ぶんかくんしょう)を受章(じゅしょう)する — to receive the Order of Culture
  • 文化勲章(ぶんかくんしょう)受章者(じゅしょうしゃ) — Order of Culture recipient
  • 文化勲章(ぶんかくんしょう)の授与(じゅよ) — conferring the Order of Culture

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Related: 人間国宝(にんげんこくほう) (Living National Treasure)
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