A beautiful, vermilion (red-orange), silk nagoya obi, with silver, art nouveau flowers
Made and bought in Japan
Type:
A Nagoya obi. Nagoya obis often have the sash part already folded to half depth, with the knot section at full width, making them easier to put on. Some you fold yourself. This style was invented about 100 years ago and is less heavy than a more formal fukuro or maru obi. 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 they can be tied in other knots. Nagoya obis are less formal than a fukuro or maru obis but more formal than hanhaba obis
 
Condition:
Excellent condition – possibly a faint, inconspicuous mark on the taiko section but so faint it is hard to see at all. It would be 20% dearer without it

Measurements:
Obi are one-size-fits-all items
Width – taiko section 30cm Sash section 15 cm
Length 340cm