Senninbari, "thousand-stitch belt"

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PARTNER

Densho
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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-105-8 (Legacy UID: denshopd-p105-00008)

PARENT COLLECTION

Tsubota Collection

DESCRIPTION

Minoru "Min" Tsubota's mother made this senninbari in Tule Lake. It is known as a thousand-stitch belt, and was created to protect a soldier going into battle. Each of the thousand knots was sewn by a different woman. On the belt is stitched Min's Buddhist name, the traditional Buddhist chant of "Namu Amida Butsu," and a dedication in English.

DATE

c. 1943

LOCATION

Tule Lake concentration camp, California

OBJECT GENRE

Physical Objects

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Tsubota Family Collection

RIGHTS

Copyright restricted
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ddr-densho-105-8-mezzanine-da23451ad1 - Belt
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ddr-densho-105-8-master-da23451ad1 - Front
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-105-8-master-da23451ad1/
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