Oribe Lantern

• Stone Lantern
• Implanted Lantern

Despite having no relation to Christianity, this is known as the Chrisitan Lantern. It gained its name because its pole simulates a cross, the figure below resembles a missionary, and the swollen characters at the top resemble Roman letters. In fact, what appears as a missionary is believed to be a Buddhist monk or statue, and the supposed Roman letters are said to be Sanskrit characters. The design which has a sun and moon candle box was created by the tea master Furuta Oribe.

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