Paper Crane Greeting Card
This lovely paper crane ornament comes flat and attached to a blank greeting card. Once they’ve discovered this gift in their mailbox, your friend can easily open the crane on the right into the crane on your left. (The story of Sadako is also enclosed please scroll down to read her story).
This paper crane has a 6” wingspan and hangs from a 5” golden thread. It is folded from Yuzen decorative paper from Japan.
The Story of Sadako Sasaki
In 1955 Sadako, a twelve-year old girl died of leukemia which she contracted after the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. During her illness, she learned that Japanese legend believed that folding 1,000 paper cranes would grant the folder a wish. Sadako began folding paper cranes out of medicine wrappers as she prayed to recover from her fatal disease. She folded over 1,000 paper cranes before she died and was buried with them in 1955 at 12 years old. Money was collected from all over Japan to erect a monument to Sadako in Hiroshima’s peace park.
The inscription on its base reads:
This is our cry,
This is our prayer,
Peace in the world.