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In the 19th century, when this example was made, women's obi were very wide and often elaborately woven or embroidered.  This lavish style of obi is known as a kakeshita-obi. It would have been worn by a woman of the the ruling military (samurai) class to secure the kimono worn underneath a uchikake, the outer kimono which was worn without an obi. ","physicalDescription":"<i>Obi </i>(waist sash) of yellow cut silk velvet with designs embroidered on both sides in shades of green, orange, purple and gold metallic thread. 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