Sazanami Iwaya (巖谷 小波,; 4 July 1870 - 5 September 1933) with commander cross of the Dannebrog order. Sazanami Iwaya was a Japanese writer, children's author, oral storyteller, German literature scholar, journalist and haiku poet from the Meiji and Taishō eras. He is regarded as a pioneer of Japanese children's literature who ushered the history of modern children's literature by publishing Japan's first original children's story, "Koganemaru". See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/hon...to-usa-commemorative-badge.30773/#post-374878.
