Jakub Zeman

Jakub Zeman KEG, nicknamed the "Czech Samurai", writer, long-time adept and promoter of martial arts and a Haiku poet, emeritus curator of the National Gallery in Prague and specialist in Japanese swords and samurai history. For his services in promoting Japanese culture and building friendship between the Czechs and Japan, he received an honorary decoration (hyoshojo) from His Excellency the Ambassador of Japan in April 2025.