This is a vintage black nagoya obi. It has cute bell motif, which is embroidered thickly with thin threads. Camellia, shoppou tsunagi and ume blossom motifs are embroidered in it.
Please enjoy its wonderful embroidery details with more photos.
Textile is black shusu (warp is silk and weft is jinken(rayon) ) and has soft and smooth touch.

It has slight flaws as photos show.

White embroidery is discolored partly, and pale sky parts have patinas.
Belt part has a frays (B) and in the end of belt part(near otaiko side) has frays although we don't check it in the figure.
The wrong side of otaiko part has prominently discolored.
We don't check in the figure, but there are couple of small holes in the hems of maegara part and otaiko part.

Textile may not be strong enough to wear, so please use it as interior decor or handicraft material!

*Tare part 11.8 in ( 30 cm) x 49.2 in ( 125 cm)
Belt part 5.9 in ( 15 cm) x 80.7 in ( 205 cm)

*Approx background color - black
Softness ( Exceptionally Soft, □ Soft, Medium, Comparatively Stiff, Stiff )

photo:sakon