Rising Sun Cap - 昇る太陽 Color:Black Embroidered rather than printed

Embroidered rather than printed

the antiqued finish settles into every ridge and rivet

and a round bound pad like this distills that into a single

shown here

a few loose petals drifting free — the fleeting bloom set against the mountain that never changes

Rising Sun Cap - 昇る太陽 Color:Black Embroidered rather than printedThe rising sun cap reduced to one perfect disc The hinomaru a single red disc on white is one of the most reduced national symbols on earth, and one of the oldest. The rising sun ties straight to Amaterasu, the sun goddess at the heart of Japanese myth, and to the country's own name: Nihon, origin of the sun. This cap renders that red sun in embroidery on the front, a clean circular form stitched for relief against the base. There's a discipline to it