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Graham Christian wrote:
For someone not of the royal family, not of foreign royalty, not of government ie: cabinet, not of military heirarchy above general. Then it's about as high an honour as you can get no?
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I think not.
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Of course if you are into class structure you could say it's a lower one. If you're into the masses, the rest of the people then it's one of the highest.
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Let's say not so high as it sounds.
In any case, being a "national treasure" is a different thing and O Sensei received other (higher and lower) honours from the japanese government.