- An exquisite, sort of magenta, silk satin, antique Nagoya obi, with embroidered, decorative itomaki; thread spools with thread dyed so that it forms a design when wound round the spool. A popular motif in Japanese design.
- This is a chuuya form of Nagoya obi, that is, different on each side. It is a beautiful purple, with leafy design, on the oher side. It could be tied to have a plain magenta sash with a purple taiko knot at the back, or tied as a magenta embroidered front sash with magenta embroidered taiko at the back
- Made and bought in Japan
- Type: A Nagoya obi. Nagoya obis usually have the sash part already folded to half depth and stitched folded (this one doesn't), with the knot section at full width, making them easier to put on. This style was invented about 100 years ago and is less heavy than a more formal fukuro or maru obi and usually less expensive when new. Nagoya are usually tied in a taiko musubi (square style knot, named after the Taiko bridge, at the opening of which a few geisha wore it as a new style, after which it became very popular and has remained so ever since), though there are other knots they can be tied in. Nagoya obis are less formal than a fukuro or maru obis but more formal than hanhaba obis
- Nagoya obi folding instructions on my blog, plus names of the parts of the obi, how to wear obi makura, obiage and obijime with your obi and a diagram with shapes and scale of the different obi types.
Condition:
Excellent
Measurements approximately:
Obi are one-size-fits-all items
Width 30cm / 15cm
Length 355cm
Antique Embroidered Nagoya Obi
SKU: on132
£140.00Price
- There are numerous types of Japanese obi, from the casual hanhaba obi and heko obi to the formal maru and fukuro obis and several other types too. You can find lots of information about obis can be found in this site's Info section
- The Japanese take great pains to store their traditional garments with the utmost care, which is why they stay in such exceptional condition. Some of my Japanese garments have large, white stitching (shitsuke) round the edges. The Japanese put these stitches in to keep the edges flat during long periods of storage, these stitches just get pulled out before wearing the garment
- Cleaning: Great care must be taken in cleaning obi. It is not adviseable to wash them. Many may be dry cleaned. Any cleaning is done at the buyer's risk, as is the case with all vintage items.
- Nagoya obi folding instructions on my blog, plus names of the parts of the obi, how to wear obi makura, obiage and obijime with your obi and a diagram with shapes and scale of the different obi types.