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I have a friend that picked one up at an antique shop that was closing down. It is in excellent condition. The antique store had it priced at $200. My friend ended up purchasing it after some "negotiation". I would like to know the actual name of this type of sash. I know it is not the "thousand-stitch sash" because that is what they wore on their wrist. Also, most Kamikaze wore a white sash and few wore a red one. What is the significance of each. Please help me out here. I'm a history nut and can find no info, not even on GOOGLE or Yahoo.

2007-02-14 02:04:29 · 2 answers · asked by X_YELLOWJACKET_X 3 in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

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Dear history nut, perhaps there's a reason why you can not find any information ...

1. It's cold up in the sky, that's why pilots had a scarf around their neck. Here's a pic of Takeo Tanimizu, a (non-kamikaze) Japanese fighter pilot.
http://www.rjgeib.com/heroes/tanimizu/tanimizu.html

2. A kamikaze pilot's "sash" in excellent condition ..... think about it.

3. The senninbari ("thousand stitch belt") was a ceremonial waist sash, and not for the wrist at all. What the kamikaze pilots did wear was a hachimaki (a white head scarf with the red rising sun in the centre).
http://pnews.org/ArT/EuR/DivineWind.shtml
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1740.html

2007-02-19 20:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 0 1

It's called a hankie like cowboys use to wear.

2007-02-20 02:19:51 · answer #2 · answered by LindaAnn 4 · 0 2

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