), and secured by a sash called an obi, which is tied at the back.

A woman's kimono has additional length to allow for the ohashori, the tuck that can be seen under the obi, which is used to adjust the kimono to the individual wearer.

The left side of the yukata is wrapped over the right side ( commonly reversed with right over left when dressing a body for a funeral ) and secured with an obi sash tied in a bow with the excess or with the koshi-himo and traditionally the bow is placed in the back.

* The obi is traditionally part of a Japanese kimono.

The rear of the garment has a rigid board-like section, called a, below that is a hakama-dome ( 袴止め ) ( a spoon-shaped component sometimes referred to as a hera ) which is tucked into the obi or himo at the rear, and helps to keep the hakama in place.

First, the obi is tied in a special knot ( an " under-hakama knot ") at the rear.

The hakama-dome is then tucked behind the obi, the koshi-ita is adjusted, and the rear ties brought to the front and tied in a variety of ways.

Normally thereafter, Gohan is drawn with a keikogi modeled after Piccolo's own, with the anime recoloring his wristbands from blue to red and, during the Cell Games tournament, his obi from red to blue, despite reverting to the original colors for the former.

Tōgane is home to the Kurenai-kai School of Japanese embroidery, which produces handmade obi and kimono in the traditional Japanese style.

Note that the youth on the left is wearing a distinctly feminine kimono ( red / pink color, double-wide obi belt ).

In Japan, books frequently come with two dust jackets – a full-sized one, serving the same purpose as in the West ( it is usually retained with the book ), and a thin " obi " (" belt "; colloquially " belly band " in English ), which is generally disposed of and serves a similar function to 19th century Western dust jackets.

A chiefly Japanese packaging is the addition of an obi strip, a strip of paper wound around the side of the case to show details such as the price, artist, etc.

A common folk etymology attributes its name to the mixed Portuguese and Tupi phrase morro obi, which would mean " green hill ", but this is disputed.

The jacket is also held closed by the belt or obi.

In Nnewi, the Igwe is the isi obi ( Head of the Obi's ) and hence the Igwe which literally translates as the heavenly one or Highness as he is the holder of the Ojo, the religious and political symbol.

*: The sageo is the cord used to tie saya to the belt / obi when worn.

The tachi style koshirae is the primary style of mounting used for the tachi, where the sword is suspended edge-down from two hangers ( ashi ) attached to the obi.

The obi for men's kimono is rather narrow, wide at most, but a woman's formal obi can be wide and more than long.

Most women wear a very large elaborate obi, while men typically don a more thin and conservative obi.

A judogi comprises three parts usually cut from different styles of fabric, a very heavy uwagi or jacket, a lighter canvas style shitabaki or pants, and a cotton obi or belt.

The contemporary women's obi is a very conspicuous accessory, sometimes even more so than the kimono robe itself.

Often the obi adjusts the formality and fanciness of the whole kimono outfit: the same kimono can be worn to very different situations depending on what kind of obi is worn with it.

* is a very long maru obi worn by maiko.

* is a very informal obi made of soft, thin cloth, often dyed with shibori.

The heavy and long maru obi is nowadays used only by maikos and brides as a part of their wedding outfit.

The originally everyday nagoya obi is the most common obi used today, and the fancier ones may even be accepted as a part of a semi-ceremonial outfit.

The separate bow part of a tsuke obi is attached using a wire hook.

A fukuro obi is often made so that the part that will not be visible when worn are of smooth, thinner and lighter silk.

During the Muromachi age ( 1392 – 1573 AD ), the Kosode, a single kimono formerly considered underwear, began to be worn without the hakama ( trousers, divided skirt ) over it, and thus began to be held closed by an obi " belt ".

The kimono and obi are traditionally made of silk, silk brocade, silk crepes ( such as chirimen ) and satin weaves ( such as rinzu ).

Boys of age five could wear hakama for the first time, while girls of age seven replaced the simple cords they used to tie their kimono with the traditional obi.

Japanese-style mourning dress for women consists of a five-crested plain black silk kimono, black obi and black accessories worn over white undergarments, black zori sandals and white tabi split-toe socks.

The Japanese equivalent of a sash, obi, serves to hold a kimono or yukata together.

Initially the wide obi was used ; as practitioners trained in kimono, only white and black obi were used.

The obi, or belt, of the kimono would often be supplemented with a heavier sash, so a sword could be slung from it.

The shitagi was like a short kimono with a button at the neck and an thin attached waist cord ( obi ).

At that time, these obi were not the belts karateka and jūdōka wear today ; the students were still practicing in kimono.

They wore the wide obi still worn with formal kimono.

Nowadays, a woman's wide and decorative obi does not keep the kimono closed ; this is done by different undersashes and ribbons worn underneath the obi.

There are many different types of women's obi, and the usage of them is regulated by many unwritten rules not unlike those that concern the kimono itself.

Certain types of obi are used with certain types of kimono ; the obis of married and unmarried women are tied in different ways.