Belt, Thousand Stitch, Japanese, Senninbari haramaki
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Belt, Thousand Stitch, Japanese, Senninbari haramaki
Belt, Thousand Stitch, Japanese, Senninbari haramaki
Belt, Thousand Stitch, Japanese, Senninbari haramaki
Belt, Thousand Stitch, Japanese, Senninbari haramaki
Belt, Thousand Stitch, Japanese, Senninbari haramaki
Belt, Thousand Stitch, Japanese, Senninbari haramaki

Belt, Thousand Stitch, Japanese, Senninbari haramaki

€295.00 Tax included

Very nice genuine WWII Japanese cloth belt, Senninbari haramaki. Just like the good-luck flag offered by families and friends (Hinomaru yosegaki) or the war banner given by some local association or patriotic organization (Shussei nobori), the 'one-thousand stitch belt' is one of the main spiritual protection artifacts carried by the Nipponese serviceman departing for war. Its origins seem to date back to the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Designed by the warrior's mother, sister, or spouse, it was a participative work, made up of a plain fabric strip intended for being tied around the waist, on which various motifs and messages of encouragement were to be sewn or inked: traditionally, a total of one thousand stitches had to be embroidered, and every single stitch was to be done by a different woman at the request of the initiator. 

Made up of yellow material, the present belt is adorned with various ideograms printed on either side of the thousand stiches; a small wooden amulet, protected by a paper envelope, has been slit between the two panels.

Excellent overall conditon. Total length: about 44.5in.

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Product Details

MY - ANC24746