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Japanese lantern
Japanese lantern
noun
- another name for Chinese lantern
Word History and Origins
Origin of Japanese lantern1
Example Sentences
WAPATO, Wash. — The traditional Japanese lantern in the driveway of Inaba Produce Farms offers just a hint of the richly layered history behind this once-humble agricultural operation in eastern Washington.
A horizontal row of three progressively smaller trapezoidal boxes made from balsawood covered in paper, like a Japanese lantern, starts with a bulb and ends in a flat plane of paper suggesting a blank billboard.
Meet at the Japanese Lantern on the Tidal Basin, at the west end of Kutz Bridge on Independence Ave. SW.
In Mr. Sachs’s alternate universe, the traditional toro Japanese lantern incorporates a walker as a base and a tennis ball as a finial; Yoda the Jedi master replaces a chrysanthemum on top of a charcoal brazier; and a cast-bronze bonsai is modeled on a construction of hundreds of Q-tips, toothbrushes and tampon tubes.
“It glows like a Japanese lantern,” Mr. Holl said of the material.
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