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The golden kite stands on an eight-pointed star with 32 rays enameled in red. Below the kite are two crossed ancient shields, enameled blue, with two crossed spears with silver heads enameled yellow with red banners each bearing a mitsudomoe. On one side is a chokutō (enameled green with white trappings). The reverse side is plain.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of the Golden Kite. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Order of the Golden Kite .
The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international children's writing organization, to recognize excellence in children’s literature. The award is a golden medallion showing a child flying a kite. Instituted in 1973, the Golden Kite Awards are the only children’s literary ...
Golden Kite may refer to: Golden Kite Award, a literary award given by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators; Golden Kite Prize, the top film award in Vietnam; Order of the Golden Kite, an order of the Empire of Japan "The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind", a 1953 short story by Ray Bradbury
However, the process by which Order of the Golden Kite was awarded was very lengthy: it was indeed awarded to military men who had died in service, while the remainder were normally awarded only after the end of a war, for services throughout the conflict. As the Second World War dragged on, it became apparent that there was a need to promote ...
Order of the Golden Kite, 1st Class Prince Yasuhiko Asaka ( 朝香宮鳩彦王 , Asaka-no-miya Yasuhiko-ō , 20 October 1887 – 12 April 1981) was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of China and the Second World War .
"The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind" (1953) is a short story by Ray Bradbury, one of his collection The Golden Apples of the Sun. The story was published during the Cold War, and serves as an allegory to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Tateo Katō (加藤 建夫, Katō Tateo, September 28, 1903 – May 22, 1942) was a Japanese ace army aviator, credited with at least 18 aerial victories and who was honored posthumously by an award of the Order of the Golden Kite.