Word: globefish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lanterns that shone in the dim dawn of Japanese history were globefish-gutted, puffed, dried, and filled with live fireflies. The lanterns that pleased Hirohito's grandfather, and have been a delight ever since, are more complex. They are designed to transform candlelight into globes of muted color. Each one requires up to 120 bamboo strips, no thicker than toothpicks, which are bound together with silk threads to make a collapsible frame. The frame is covered with eight sections of silk or oiled paper, painted with traditional figures. Gluing the shell to the frame is the hardest part...
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