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right|thumb|Women stitching for men going to war in China, 1937 A or one thousand stitch is a belt or strip of cloth stitched 1,000 times and given as a Shinto amulet by Japanese women and imperial subjects to soldiers going away to war.

were decorated with 1000 knots or stitches, and each stitch was normally made by a different woman. were typically wide and ranged from to or more in length. Each end of the belt could feature strings, snaps or buttons that allowed it to be fastened around the waist; examples lacking these were often tucked into the waist. Very long types of , called , could be worn criss-cross fashion over the chest, shoulders and back. Other variations were never worn, but may have been folded and placed inside helmet liners, pockets or packs.