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antique reversible chuuya obi - wafuku
  • A rare, geishas' chuuya obi.
  • Beautiful to wear and an excellent collectors' item
  • A reversible obi, characterised by different patterns on each side. Chuuya means daytime and night time; the earliest chuuya obis were bright on one side and black on the other, like night and day, hence the name. Chuuya-Obi were used by iki-suji ladies in ancient Japan; iki-suji means a type of kimono expert, such as a Geisha. Chuuya obi are now obsolete and are collectors' items.
  • A Chuuya obi, with hanabishi design. Hanabishi is diamond shaped flowers. Sometimes called a chuya obi or a hara-awase obi.
  • A reversible obi, characterised by different patterns on each side.
  • Chuuya-Obi were used by iki-suji ladies in ancient Japan, in particular, by Geisha. The chuuya obi is now obsolete and they are collectors' items.
  • Silk
  • Obi should not be washed
  • Made in Japan
  • 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
  • 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. Nagoya 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. Tsumugi silk obi are less formal than other silk obi.


Condition:
Excellent

Measurements approximately:

Width 30/15cm

Length 355cm

Rare Antique Chuuya Obi

SKU: omc11
£74.00 Regular Price
£59.20Sale Price
    • 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.
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