Recently I found in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum archive in Nürnberg previously unknown project and description of the first Japanese order made by famous heraldist Friedrich Heyer von Rosenfeld in 1873.
1873 Project of the Japanese Order by Austrian heraldist Friedrich Heyer von Rosenfeld
Friedrich Heyer von Rosenfeld (April 13, 1828 in Gießen – December 21, 1896 in Vienna) was an Austrian captain and heraldist and one of the founders of the Heraldic-Genealogical Society Adler /Heraldisch-Genealogischen Gesellschaft Adler/.