Japanese Embroidered Sukajan 'Hanamachi' Resin lantern This is for the history

This is for the history fan who admires the strategist over the berserker — patience and the long game

Its symbolism is direct enough to read at a glance and rich enough to reward a longer explanation

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The detail makes it: the pink of the chopsticks

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Japanese Embroidered Sukajan 'Hanamachi' Resin lantern This is for the historyThe sukajan that carries a whole festival on its back Hanamachi means 'flower town', the old entertainment quarters of Japan, and this sukajan conjures that world. The back is embroidered with figures and glowing lanterns among drifting cherry blossom, 'Japan' scripted in gold above a small, lively scene rather than a single beast, stitched in rich raised thread. The embroidery is dense and detailed, worked in real relief so the lanterns, blossom and