1000 Stitch Belt
One other thing that I forgot to mention in the last post has to do with the stitches on the artwork soldier. I can't be certain yet, but it appears that the man is either wearing a bandoleer or a hinomaru yosegaki in bandoleer fashion across his chest. The white stitches almost look as if they were intended to represent the flag's white field. The darker center line could be the folded over, darker red sun orb. Actual photgraphic images sometimes show the soldier or military inductee wearing a combination tasuki/good luck flag across the chest. Other photographs sometimes show just the signed flag or sash across the chest on their own. Since this senninbari appears to be more of a presenatation piece, it's possible the "thing" across the man's chest was supposed to represent a Japanese signed flag, sort of poetic license to accompany the one thousand stitch belt. Quite often, the two were given together as going away gifts. Just a thought....MikeB
One other thing that I forgot to mention in the last post has to do with the stitches on the artwork soldier. I can't be certain yet, but it appears that the man is either wearing a bandoleer or a hinomaru yosegaki in bandoleer fashion across his chest. The white stitches almost look as if they were intended to represent the flag's white field. The darker center line could be the folded over, darker red sun orb. Actual photgraphic images sometimes show the soldier or military inductee wearing a combination tasuki/good luck flag across the chest. Other photographs sometimes show just the signed flag or sash across the chest on their own. Since this senninbari appears to be more of a presenatation piece, it's possible the "thing" across the man's chest was supposed to represent a Japanese signed flag, sort of poetic license to accompany the one thousand stitch belt. Quite often, the two were given together as going away gifts. Just a thought....MikeB
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