Mothers shed tears on both sides of the war. Sennibari or One-Thousand Stitch Belts were decorated with 1000 knots or stitches, and each stitch was normally made by a different woman. Senninbari were given as an amulet by women to soldiers on their way to war as a part of the Shinto culture of Imperial Japan. (Information from Wikipedia)


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