Show japanese knots the japanese have no use for buttons buckles or I 1 boks and eyes cord serves every purpose for fastening and furnishes artistic possibilities seemingly without end the Jap japanese aneise have hundreds of knots some are as old as the time when history was re W corded by a series of knots just as it was in china and peru before writing was invented there are dozens of knots in common and ceremonial ue us age and these every japanese child can tie to name only a few there are plum blossom cherry blos blossom soni iris chrysanthemum and pinetree pine tree knots there are fujiyama knots turtle and stork knots the old man s which Is easy to tie the old woman 8 and many others |