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2. Shimenawa - Wikipedia

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   Hemp fiber is the basic material used in the production of shimenawa, and has been used since ancient times. [10] In Shinto, hemp is regarded as a sacred food with a meaning of purity and fertility. [10] After the Cannabis Control Act of 1948, when the growing of hemp was banned, [10] straw began to be used instead as the raw material of ...

3. Cannabis in Japan - Wikipedia

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   A kimono woven from hemp fibers, c. 1746–1841 CE. Cannabis use and production continued as Japan unified under a centralized government. References to cannabis appear in Man'yōshū, the oldest extant collection of Japanese waka (poetry), and in haiku poetry; bundles of cannabis were also traditionally burned during Bon to welcome the spirits of the deceased. [8]

4. Kanjo Nawa - Wikipedia

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   Kanjo Nawa (Japanese: 勧請縄) is a Japanese custom of stretching shimenawa, a variety of laid rope, with fetishes hung at the border of a village. Michi Kiri (道切り) is just a similar custom. The term Kanjo Nawa also refers to the rope itself.

5. The Benefits Of Using Hemp In The Construction And Textile ...

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   By Natan Ponieman and Javier Hasse. Originally published on Ámbito Financiero via El Planteo.Ever since the cannabis legalization process began to gain global momentum, much has been said about ...

6. Hemp - Wikipedia

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   Japanese Shinto shrine with rope made of hemp. In Japan, hemp was historically used as paper and a fiber crop. There is archaeological evidence cannabis was used for clothing and the seeds were eaten in Japan back to the Jōmon period (10,000 to 300 BC). Many Kimono designs portray hemp, or asa (Japanese: 麻), as a beautiful plant. In 1948 ...

7. Cannabis Museum (Japan) - Wikipedia

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   The Cannabis Museum (Japanese: 大麻博物館, Hepburn: Taima Hakubutsukan) is a private museum located in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Founded in December 2001 by Japanese hemp rights advocate Junichi Takayasu, it is the sole museum devoted to the history and cultivation of cannabis in Japan.

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9. Yumi - Wikipedia

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   The nocking-point on the string is built up through the application of hemp and glue to protect the string and to provide a thickness which helps hold the nock (hazu (筈/弭, lit. ' [Japanese arrow] nock/notch ') of the arrow, a ya (矢, lit. ' [Japanese] arrow '), in place while drawing the yumi. However, it can also be made of strands of ...