The Order of Kamehameha I was a national decoration awarded by the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, created by King Kalākaua in the 1870s-80s, and named after the founder of the kingdom.
On March 15, 1881, during King Kalākaua's visit to Japan, he bestowed the Order upon the Meiji Emperor, and upon Princes Arisugawa Taruhito, Fushimi Sadanaru, Higashifushimi Yoshiaki, and Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa.
References
- Masaji Marumoto, "Vignette of Early Hawaii-Japan Relations: Highlights of King Kalakaua's Sojourn in Japan on His Trip around the World as Recorded in His Personal Diary", Hawaiian Journal of History 10 (1976), 62.