Japanese Gold Bookmark - Fuji and Golden Sakura

Japanese openwork bookmark in gilded brass, finely detailed with a Mount Fuji and cherry blossom motif

Mount Fuji, a stream and branches of cherry blossoms (sakura) are cut directly from a thin sheet of brass weighing three grams. In Japanese, a bookmark is called a shiori, a word that originally referred to the act of breaking off branches to mark a path through the mountains. The edge of your page slips into the side slit, and the red ribbon remains visible outside the book. It travels flat in an envelope, or tucked into a notebook or a novel for a Japan-loving reader.