The Thousand Cherry Trees of Mount Yoshino
A limited-edition Sakura model for the 2025 One Day Guitar Show, featuring back & sides made out of wood sourced from cherry trees in Kurotaki Village, Nara Prefecture. Named “Senbonzakura”, literally “A thousand Cherry trees” Inspired by the thousand cherry trees of Yoshino Mountain adjacent to Kurotaki Village, the design features blossoms scattered throughout the guitar. Incorporating motifs connected to Nara, such as the prefectural bird, the robin, and deer antlers in hommage to the world renowned sacred deer of Nara, the guitar expresses the story inherent in its materials throughout its entire form.
Certificate of Origin
The Sakura wood we obtained this time features a straight grain pattern and produces a well-balanced, easy-to-handle sound.
We have procured Sakura wood sourced from Kurotaki Village, Nara Prefecture, adjacent to Mount Yoshino, from the Nara Prefecture Premium Timber Cooperative.
Headway
Headstock Design ヘッド
Deer antlers and cherry blossoms
The headstock features a design combining the antlers of a deer, symbolizing Nara, with cherry blossoms, harmonizing Japanese elegance with natural beauty.
Fingerboard Inlay指板
A robin perched on the fingerboard
The fingerboard inlay features branches adorned with Nara cherry blossoms and double-flowered cherry blossoms, with a robin elegantly perched upon them.
Body Topトップ
Expressing cherry blossoms in an Ink wash painting style
The body top features a lacquered cherry blossom design inspired by Nara’s specialty Ink wash painting, rendered in a traditional Ink wash painting style. This Nara-inspired decoration weaves the material’s inherent story into the guitar.
Body Backバック
Yoshino Mountain Thousand Cherry Trees
The centerpiece of the Indian rosewood body back features a design of Yoshino Mountain, where thousands of cherry blossom trees bloom in full splendor, and a woman with a Japanese umbrella standing along the path. The thousands of cherry blossom trees stretching far and long toward the mountain’s summit express the height of spring.
Pickguardピックガード
Dancing cherry blossom petals
The pickguard is adorned with cherry blossom petals scattered as if dancing upward toward the headstock. The design evokes petals dancing in the wind, lending the entire guitar a sense of elegance and vitality.
Sound hole Cover カバー
Kinpo Shrine
The soundhole cover incorporates a design featuring Kinpo Shrine in Yoshino Mountain, under the official endorsement of the Nara Tourism Association.
Sound hole Label ラベル
The sound hole label features hand-made washi paper from Fukunishi Washi Honpo, crafted using traditional techniques
Fukunishi Washi Honpo in Yoshino Town preserves time-honored traditional techniques, handcrafting each sheet of washi paper. We have adopted this traditional hand-made washi paper, woven into the modern era, for the sound hole label of this model. Alongside a design inspired by Yoshino’s thousand cherry blossoms, it further enhances the value of this model.
Fukunishi Washi Honpo: Preserving a 1,300-Year Tradition
Fukunishi Washi Honpo has steadfastly preserved the tradition of Yoshino hand-made washi paper. Upholding traditional techniques without compromise, each sheet is still sun-dried one by one. Fukunishi Washi Honpo’s hand-made paper, crafted using time-honored methods, remains indispensable for restoring Japan’s cultural treasures—including calligraphy and paintings housed not only domestically but also in overseas museums. Furthermore, its applications extend beyond restoration, expanding into various fields such as calligraphy, craft materials, art supplies, and product components. While opportunities to use handmade washi in daily life continue to diminish, we consider it our duty to preserve this tradition and nurture successors to pass it on to the next generation. – Quoted from the Fukunishi Washi Honpo website
Momose
Headstock Design ヘッド
Deer antlers and double-flowered cherry blossoms
Alongside Momose’s headstock logo, we included deer antlers and double-petaled cherry blossoms as motifs symbolizing Nara.
Fingerboard Inlay指板
A robin perched on the fingerboard
The fingerboard features intricate inlay work vividly depicting falling cherry blossoms. The cherry branches are adorned with a design of the Nara Prefecture bird, the Japanese Robin.
Body Topトップ
Color scheme inspired by the thousand cherry blossoms of Mount Yoshino
The body, topped with Sakura wood from Nara’s Ōtaki Village, features a deep red-based coloring inspired by the thousand cherry blossoms in full bloom. The diagonal white gradient represents the sky visible from the summit of Mount Yoshino and the view of the thousand cherry blossoms spreading along its slopes.
Body Backバック
Alder 2-piece body back
The body features alder wood, a classic choice, constructed as a two-piece design. It delivers a balanced sound across the entire frequency range, making it suitable for a wide variety of musical genres and styles.
Pickguardピックガード
Dancing cherry blossom petals
The pickguard is adorned with cherry blossom petals scattered as if dancing upward toward the headstock. This design, evoking petals dancing in the wind, lends the entire guitar a sense of elegance and vitality.
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