Belt given to Japanese men going to war as an amulet
Women stitching senninbari for men going to war in China, 1937
A senninbari (千人針, 'thousand person stitches') or one thousand stitch is a belt or strip of cloth stitched 1000 times and given as a Shinto amulet by Japanese women and imperial subjects to soldiers going away to war.
Senninbari were decorated with 1000 knots or stitches, and each stitch was normally made by a different woman.[1][2]Senninbari were typically 15 centimetres (5.9 in) wide and ranged from 90 centimetres (3.0 ft) to 120 centimetres (3.9 ft) or more in length. Each end of the belt could feature strings, snaps or buttons that allowed it to be fastened around the waist; examples lacking these were often tucked into the waist. Very long types of senninbari, called tasuki, could be worn criss-cross fashion over the chest, shoulders and back. Other variations were never worn, but may have been folded and placed inside helmet liners, pockets or packs.[1][page needed]
^ abMichael A. Bortner, DDS Imperial Japanese Good Luck Flags and One-Thousand Stitch Belts 2008 Schiffer Military Books
^"Senninbari (Thousand Stitch Belts)" Archived 2008-08-02 at the Wayback Machine, "Nambu World"
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