МАЭ № 13-30

Men’s obi sash

Japanese

early 19th c.

silk textile, cannabis cloth, silk thread

361.0 x 8.0

This men’s sash obi is an accessory of asa-kamishimo suit and could be used for wearing swords. At the outside the sash is of silk with a woven ornament (thin strips of light brown, dark brown, purple and blue colors), lining – blue silk, the inner layer is of the asanuno fabric.

Ethnography of East and South-East Asia