This is an elegant vintage
nagoya obi with charming embroideries. Chrysanthemum with fan motifs are embroidered elaborately.
Textile is shusu, probably mix of silk and jinken(rayon). It is soft and has smooth touch.
As the figure and a photo show, it has slight discoloration on the embroidery part, and smudges in the corners.
The lining hem is torn upper part of tare.
However as a whole, it is in very good condition.
*Tare part 11.6 in ( 29.5 cm) x 46.5 in ( 118 cm)
Belt part 5.7 in ( 14.5 cm) x 83.5 in ( 212 cm)
*Approx background color - black
Softness ( Exceptionally Soft,□ Soft, Medium, Comparatively Stiff, Stiff )
Photo:Wada