1000 Stitch Belt

[PAB_Collector]

Gentlemen,

what are your thoughts on this 1000 Stitch Belt?

[PAB_Collector]

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[Nick Komiya]

From the prayer written on it one can see he was a Christian. Perhaps the red and blue sparrows with names "Fujiko" and "Hiroshi" represent his daughter and son.
Interesting to see the magic Shinto word "Samuhara" coexisting with a Christian message.

[PAB_Collector]

From the prayer written on it one can see he was a Christian. Perhaps the red and blue sparrows with names "Fujiko" and "Hiroshi" represent his daughter and son.
Interesting to see the magic Shinto word "Samuhara" coexisting with a Christian message.

Thanks for that info Nick!

[MikeB]

1000 stitch belt

PAB-
This was one of the most interesting and nice one-thousand stitch belts I have seen in quite some time. The unusual stitch work, general imagery, sayings, amulet, etc. make it truly a fascinating and cut above piece. It was offered for sale with another senninbari that I thought at the time was even more interesting and unusual. Do you have any pictures of that example as well? MikeB

[GHolp]

Wow what a great 1000 stitch belt! Thank you for showing it. Very interesting to see a christian prayer on such an item.

Chris

[Paul G]

Nice senninbari!

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[MikeB]

1000 stitch belt

I just noticed that this senninbari is being offered on Ebay. It's mighty cool indeed! MikeB

[NLF]

What do you think it would be worth Mike being unusual ?

[PAB_Collector]

Wow, the auction was ended three days early..........such bad etiquette...if it was someone here back door buying, shame on you.

[MikeB]

1000 stitch belts

NLF-
That's a good question. Ebay has been posting some strong prices for certain good luck flags and unusual one-thousand stitch belts as of late. Based upon that, I would have to guess and say that this senninbari was going to sell for at least three hundred dollars but probably more depending upon bidder interest. I guess we'll never know..... It really was a cut different as Nick pointed out. MikeB

[NLF]

Does it say something about no more war we need peace?

[NLF]

Nick is it true that wearing senninbari was mostly done by the army and very seldom for the navy?

[Nick Komiya]

Nick is it true that wearing senninbari was mostly done by the army and very seldom for the navy?

Says who? Never heard that one before. However, I can imagine that in the more cosmopolitan navy, familiar with Western practices, superstitious rituals were taken less seriously although I'm sure they all had them from their send-off.