Japan
$100.00
This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 100 gsm, antique white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and white cotton, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its boards are wrapped in a 1933 map of Asia, which required some conservation, but it is intact as mounted. Its spine is covered in Dubletta cloth from the Netherlands.
The talisman in this book is a 100 yen coin from Japan. Japan has the highest life expectancy of any country in the world.