Wednesday/ a Japanese lantern 🏮

Here’s my Japanese lantern that I got at the Ozeki Tokyo Gallery.
The packaging says ‘Gifu* Lantern Project 001’, designed by Yuka Noritake, and ‘Made in Japan’.

*A reference to the city of Gifu in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

The frame with handle (inside the paper and wire sphere) is just cardboard paper.
The paper is Mino paper, made from the paper mulberry plant that grows in the city of Mino. There is a little LED bulb inside with a switch, that is mounted on a coin cell battery (so the lantern has no cord).
There were at least a dozen more lanterns to choose from in this size and shape, but with artwork such as cherry blossoms, trees or Mt Fuji.
I liked this plain one with no images on, best.

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