Learn all about Kimono Belts "Obi"

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This video gives you an overview about everything you need to know about obi and more. Learn all about different obi types and shapes, their history and how to tie different obi.
Painting from Anzuchi Momoyama Period:
bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/det...
Painting of Oiran:
"The Willow Tree at the Gate of the Shimabara Pleasure Quarrter" by Hiroshige Utagawa
Read more about Oiran:
kumakimonokoi.wordpress.com/2...
Pictures from historical kimono styles are from the exhibition "Kimono Styled and Re-Styled" (2019)
My favorite books for Hanhaba Obi:
www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%81%B5%E3...
www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%B0%97%E8...
www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%B8%AF%E7...
How to Tie Ginza Musubi:
• How to Tie Ginza Musub...
Thank you so much for watching!!
Meet me on Patreon in an online kimono workshop twice a month!
/ billymatsunaga
You wanna know more about kimono? Find more on my blog.
→ kumakimonokoi.wordpress.com/ ←
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Music:
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"Dreams” from www.bensound.com
"Kimono Life" by Sondey
Intro Soundeffect:
Kabuki Shout ち音楽堂 (www.c-ongaku.com/ongaku2.html)

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@keithvirgin5280 4 года назад

Next obi video: finding a Maru obi, putting it on and then modeling the difference! In Kyoto, when buying a secondhand obi, the clerk referred to a full width ro obi as Nagoya. I was confused because I expected it to be partially folded. For awhile I thought she was confused and then I realized later that I was. Lol. Great job folding all those musubi!

@xoaerin 4 года назад

I‘m a little bit sad, that I didn‘t discover your channel earlier, because I love your videos so much! Please keep making those awesome videos, I‘m really Looking forward to learning even more about kimono 🥰

@amalilconfused 3 года назад

Omg! I just bought my first set of pre-loved kimono and Obis. I’ve been scratching my head on what type of obi I bought and your vid just showed me that I have a nagoya obi with matsuba shitate! Thank you for explaining the different types! I also have the hanhaba obi type.

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

Good job taking the plunge

@acekidatelier 4 года назад

This is the best video I've ever seen on the topic! Thank you so much!

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

That’s so nice of you to say!! Thank you!!

@Nariasan 4 года назад

Thank you so much, Billy! Amazing, as ever!

@ObroaSkai37 4 года назад

Beautiful! So much fun to learn about kimonos and all their details and history with you! Thanks a lot.

@obsessedwithlego631 2 года назад

Thank you. Someone bought me a kimono and I wanted to be as respectful as possible

@pseudopuppy160 3 года назад

I'm so glad I found your channel!! My best friend is Japanese, and I've lived in Japan. I miss it so much. Wonderful to find such great information. thankyou.

@lucieyoo5662 2 года назад

Thanks for this wonderfully informative video, Billy! Your videos are so helpful! 👍

@BillyMatsunaga 2 года назад

Thanks for watching 😊

@emilyporter1186 2 года назад

Thank you for this video! I inherited some of my great grandmother's obi and kitsuke accessories. There's a lot of Nagoya obi (in the modern sense) and they're beautiful but I was a bit intimidated about rules of formality and such. This broke it down really simply!

@WardaDelphinia 4 года назад

Love your video, as always :) Thank you, Billy!

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Thank you for watching 🧡

@helengrunow5094 3 года назад

Great video! So informative! Thankyou & Cheers!

@huntermashburn7217 4 года назад

I cant wait to move to japan when im older!! Its so pretty there!

@zoukatron 4 года назад

Good work as always.

@amaz6884 4 года назад

Your video was very instructive, thank you for making that kind of content !

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Thank you so much 🧡

@emilybragg987 4 года назад

Thank you so much for making this video! Besides being fun and interesting to watch, it's so helpful to someone like me who is learning! I'm slowly learning as much as I can about kimono and kitsuke, and slowly adding to my small collection :) Also I love to see your beautiful obi! That blue fukuro obi is just gorgeous

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

You always like my thrifted items. Haha! 💛 How big is your collection so far?

@56129gkoneytbsxq 4 года назад

Thank you, I’m making a kimono to challenge myself and it’s nice to have such detailed videos to use as references.

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

I’m so glad that it helps ❤️

@RoSario-vb8ge 3 года назад

Oh, there is part of the dictionary I was searching for. Thanks a lot!

@CarmenOrellana 2 года назад

Aunque no entiendo mucho la lengua inglesa, es un placer poder ver tus videos. Thank you very much.

@user-rd3gg4tx3h 3 года назад

All this gaint bows make you look like a big candy or present. so cute!

@TwospotzArtAndCraft 4 года назад

I LOVE the Bunko Musubi as I just learned the basics on how to tie it with my Fukuro obis.

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

The basics are so much fun, don’t you think? 😊

@iloveragdollcats 4 года назад

So beautiful so informative thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Thank you 💕

@olivcho 4 года назад

So helpful! Thank you!

@anaj503 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing! ❤️

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Thank you ❤️

@KimonoFashion 4 года назад

Thank you very much for this video. すごく勉強になりました。 Also, I must say that that kimono, with this earrings suits you so well. The colours match perfectly with your eyes and skin tone. Lovely 😍.

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Thank you, honey! It means a lot when it comes from you! 💛

@rhebajay5535 2 года назад

I have been trying to identify the type of obi I received as a gift and according to your video, I may have received a Maru Obi. And that's really crazy! I would love to learn how to properly tie a Maru Obi to match the kimono I bought in Japan a few years ago.

@alsrudtj124 4 года назад

Ah I didn't get a notification for some reason! Thank you so much for a detailed video. Could you do a similar video on types of kimono (houmongi, komon, iromuji, etc.)?

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

That video will definitely come! :)

@JoseVasquez-pg6or 4 года назад

Love your intro👍🏻

@mironty 4 года назад

Oh my... your kyo fukuro obi is so pretty!!

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Haha! Thank you! It’s in fact one of favorites 😊

@alicedonati5346 4 года назад

Thanks A LOT for busting a lot of misconceptions about hanhaba obi and heko obi! I think these obi must be considered more. Just two considerations about chuya obi... Chuya obi is also commonly called "kujira obi" since it resembles a whale (dark below and lighter above) and sometimes the motive on the lighter side are upside down, because you have to tighten it with a hikinuki musubi.

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Hihi! Thanks for adding this in the commenst. I've cut that out because the video was already waaaay to long. But I'm planning in a history bounding style for kimono where the historical obi with more info will come back! :)

@kittycute4 4 года назад

Hi Billy! This video is very informative as I always had the difficulty of figuring out which obi to pair with what kind of kimono, and now that I have learnt more about these types of obi, I can have more choices for my casual-wear kimono! My first and only obi is a maru obi, it is 4 meters long and very stiff, I paired it with a furisode but it was so hard to tie the obi beautifully, now I kinda regret not getting a fukuro obi instead ;__; I'm also kinda curious to hear your opinion on how people style their kimono with corsets! Look forward to watching your new videos!

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

OMG!! You started with a maru obi. That was very brave!! Wow!! I LOVE kimono wuth corsets!!! I don't own one so I can't do it, but if I had one, I definitely would wear that!!

@marilena84312 2 года назад

Thank you so much for all your videos, I really love them. once I acquire some kimonos to actually learn how to use, which I am using your tips from the video about what my first kimono should be, I hope to find some time to also book a lesson with you butuntil then can you please please please also do a video about the types of kimono like you did hear about the types of Obi?! Like in some videos you use the terms for the more official kimonos or for the less official kimonos but I have yet to find a video explains the different kinds from the most official ones and for what occasion to wear them to the least official ones and for what occasion to wear each of them.I can basically now only tell that the strict black ones with a lot of family crest are highly efficient only for funerals and the parents of a couple getting married I think? The ones with very long sleeves are only for sleeves are only for very official not married women and I can tell the difference to a yukata. Please do a video about the types of kimono .

@siby913 4 года назад

Very good video as always !! it must have taken you a lot of work to tie all these obi !! thank you very much for the video Billy 👏👏❤👍😊 !!

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Haha! It really was lots of work. Thanks for watching ❤️

@siby913 4 года назад

@@BillyMatsunaga 👍😊😊!!

@ariessafluffingham2987 2 года назад

Can you please make a tutorial for kichiya musubi? It looks very nice. Or the furisode musubi arrangements? Thanks! Love your channel!

@Sekhet5 4 года назад

Great video, like the others :D I have the same hiraki shitate obi, and was wandreing what it was called. Well had, have just given it away. Just fun, since its not so often I have seen the same products, even if they are mass produced :D

@Claire18Hi 3 года назад

Great video as always! Im still not sure what to look for for buying a very first (and probably only ) obi. Like, what prices would you look for in a second hand store? Or the length you should look for to see if it will fit you. im so confused

@miyubail 3 года назад

i registered your channel. i love the way you wear kimono with dangling earrings. they sure match your eye color. my aunt in japan(mom's youngest sis) is a kitsuke shihan. BUT i live in the us so it's not helping.

@the_dark_forest Год назад

Oh wow I love the HITOTSU MUSUBI. I can't find a video by you on how to tie this musubi. Do you have one please?

@autumnrain2047 3 года назад

My absolute favourite is nijutaiko 🥰

@keziahpapaya488 4 года назад

Oh Billy, this is such a great video, thank you! I inherited my collection more or less in one go and have been learning about it while I go, so it’s been a long process of trying to figure out what’s what and what can be worn with what etc. This video helped me so much with identifying especially all the odd types of Nagoya Obi that I have, amongst other things. One question I do have however is about Fukuro Obi - I have a lot and very rarely any opportunity to wear them. Of course the heavily embroidered gold and silver ones are super formal but I hoped I could wear some of the less ornate ones with Iro Muji or Komon Kimono - from your video it sounds like I am wrong! Or could I get away with it? I have several that are quite plain, for example 3 of them are embroidered with the Hannya Shingyo in plain thread (not gold or silver) on a plain background, would it still be unsuitable for wearing in O-Taiko style with a more casual Kimono? Sorry about the long comment, lol 💜

@mitsurisb3loved 3 года назад

I just commented on another video but do you know any places that sell plus size kimonos? (In us size)

@jessicalietz8963 4 года назад

Great video! Thank you for the book recommendations! Two of them are also available for Kindle 🤓 Do you also have recommendations for Fukuro Obi knots?

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

For tying by yourself, I don't think that there are any books about that. :(

@ryusadakata2521 3 года назад

i've been wondering how to fold a nagoya with shitate ?? i really want to know how because my obi have this uglt fold in the center and i don't want it to be broken .

@kutiepi1822 4 года назад

Does a maru obi sometime have rokutsu too?

@Fanatka288 4 года назад

Thank you for an informative video! So ginza and tsunodashi are actually the same? I thought it was one of those that are tied differently but with a very similar end result. I really like your old-timely knots, they are so cute! Also bunko musubi looks similar to kichiya musubi, or am I wrong?

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Yes, they are the same. Depending on the school they often change the name. It's super confusind. But they're the same. Anyway: yes, the kichiya and bunko just differ suuuper slightly. But they differ!

@jonlilley2832 3 года назад

Bravo, Billy! 勉強いっぱいなり、ありがとうございます。Do you have plans to make a Wataire/dotera? I'd love to know how they're made. I'm a weaver and would like to make one with my own fabric. よろしくお願いしますネ！

@claudiawilliams 4 года назад

I hadn’t known about the different kinds of Nagoya obi! It’s interesting that there are so many types of obi that we’re invented. As a video suggestion, I would be very grateful if you could make a fukura suzume tutorial, as the only videos I’ve found require special items like obi clips or only show how to dress another person in the obi. (Of course, considering the complexity of some musubi, maybe you need those to be able to tie it properly.) Anyways, thank you for making so many great videos!

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Hi! When you mean tying a fukura suzume by yourself: that won't come without special items. Fukura suzume has to sit on your shoulders which means it's impossible to tie it on the front and then turn. My ultimate goal is always to look like someone dressed me when wearing furisode. That's not possible with fukura suzume when you don't use special items. Sorry!

@claudiawilliams 4 года назад

Thanks for letting me know! (Yeah, I wondered if maybe that was the case...) Maybe eventually I will get a biyo-sugata so I can tie it on the ground and then put it on.

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

@@claudiawilliams I highly recommend it, tho. It's really a kimono life saver!

@habituscraeftig 3 года назад

Is the tenga obi (典雅帯) considered formal or informal?

@Nariasan 4 года назад

Another amazing video! I learned so much (and I didn't know there were 2 Nagoya!) I am absolutely in love with the hitotsu musubi and the Kichiya musubi. I actually think the kichiya musubi may be one of my favourites ever... Can people still wear that musubi today, or is it weird?

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

There are actually 4 different Nagoya obi shapes 😉 I’ve mentioned them all. And yes, you can wear Kichiya, too. Today you would calm it Bunko Musubi, they’re pretty much the same 😊

@Nariasan 4 года назад

@@BillyMatsunaga I meant 2 Nagoya cities lol. But I think some of my obi are some of the different Nagoya ones. I'm still trying to figure them out.

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Ah! That’s what you meant. Yeah, and it’s not far from where I live 😊❤️

@MD-mh1dw 4 года назад

I was wondering where I could purchase an obi ita. All the different kits aren't showing the elastic straps like you mentioned in your Kimono video.

@Claire18Hi 3 года назад

what do you do with it?

@Kaddi23 4 года назад

Ihre Videos sind wunderbar. Ein tolles Lernvideo. Ich bin gerade dabei, mir meinen eigenen Kimono zu nähen ( wobei es eher schon ein Furisode wird) und auch das ganze Zubehör für den Obi und den perfekten Sitz. Was ich noch nicht ganz verstanden habe, wann benutzt man 'Obiita' und wann 'Datejime'?

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Man benutzt beides! Wenn du dir meine Videos ansiehst, wie man eine Juban oder einen Kimono abzieht, wirst du beides finden 😉

@Kaddi23 4 года назад

@@BillyMatsunaga Vielen lieben Dank. Ich arbeite so nach und nach die Videos ab. Echt spannend und faszinierend. Aber ich bin verunsichert, ob ich zu meinem Furisode auf einer Hochzeit von Freunden auch den o-taiko musubi verwenden darf/kann. Oder den nijutaiko. Auch wenn ich Europäerin bin und da das nicht so eng gesehen wird, möchte ich mich dennoch nicht blamieren. Aber mir persönlich sagen die Knoten nicht zu, die man eigentlich für den Furisode knoten sollte. Und ich habe zu Hause einen Fukuro-Obi. (Übrigens auch hier Danke für das Video. So weiß ich jetzt, welchen ich habe, was mir beim Kauf leider nämlich keiner sagen konnte.)

@Alakanes Год назад

I’m currently sewing my first kimono but as a plus sized woman I don’t know what obi I should use…or how to tie it given my size…help😅 Is the 3m length fairly common for obi? And what else do I need for a casual outfit

@LOLAandALEX39 4 года назад

i just received a "fukuro" obi, but after watching your video i am now wondering if it falls under the category of Maro. It's double sided with gold and silver accents. it's also reversable with two different patterns. either way it's gorgeous and i believe it's very versatile. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! i just found your channel and i am so glad i did!! keep up the great work!

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Yeah, it could be a maru obi! And thank you so so much for your nice words ❤️ those videos really make lots of work and I’m so glad when you enjoy them!!

@NemuiLiz 7 месяцев назад

Damn. I bought an Furisode (i didn't know anything about Kimono at that point) ...and I don't really like the Musubi for the Furisode 😅😅 I enjoy the Otaiko Musubi the most. Simple but elegant. The Furisode Musubi look like Bonbons/Candies

@alderankorym 3 года назад

Oh, my first obi happens to be a zentsu fukuro obi, lucky me I guess. ^^

@Icha74 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this lesson! I am still hopeless with taiko musubi, so I am interested in other knots. Is that okay to wear bunko musubi with non-furisode? Say, bunko musubi with houmongi? Also thank you for the hanhaba lesson, IDK that I could wear hanhaba obi with kimono! That is such a relief, because I love the easiness of hanhaba obi knots...

@emilyporter1186 2 года назад

I have seen ppl wear bunko musubi with kosode, tho often with a slight variation to have a more elegant shape. It likely also depends on the type of function/event the outfit is for I think, as bunko tend to give a less serious impression?

@croitor2009 3 года назад

So...I need to walk like that around Bucuresti...

@TajamaChan 3 года назад

can i ask how long a "normal" Obi is? I know "normal" is not correct, but I mean a Obi that´s for the normal daybase sry for my bad english, I´m comming from german

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

Billy is originally german. You can speak german to her maybe that helps

@roseliavandendaele872 3 года назад

❤️👍

@paivikkivilppula1999 Год назад

Is it allowed to wear jewellery??

@khadijahsoliman6526 3 года назад

Can anyone tell me what is the purpose of the Obi, why not use something small? It looks like a bag from the back isn't that a lot of effort for a casual wear? Excuse my ignorance but I need to know because I am looking and cannot find an answer Thanks

@Marskilius 3 года назад

As elsewhere in the fashion history, more fabric = more wealth. As mentioned here, fancy obis were a status thing that folks copied from performers and Oirans, celebrities of their times. Similar to how youth today copy their idols and buy Louis Vuitton. Then they kinda stayed instead of the simple ties they use to use, because honestly you could bring more variation in your wardrobe by mixing and matching different kimonos and obis.

@amirulnaim5713 7 месяцев назад

I have 2pcs embroidery vintage obi want to sale.. anyone want buy?? 😅.. i dont know about this thing..got from japan vintage bale.. i'm from Malaysia.

@juliecain6397 3 года назад

Obi in the front indicate Orin? Or Geshia of ancient time...tho Orin are high paid sex partners.

@matthewfalter6366 3 года назад

Oiran

@RealMelodyBlue 3 года назад

I think kimono look so feminine!

@deboladonna 4 года назад

I'm always so grateful for your videos! And if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have the confidence to challenge the old concepts about how to dress a kimono. (The old ladies from Nikkei community and Urasenke Chado way of thinking were my references for a long time)

@BillyMatsunaga 4 года назад

Oh, thank you so much!! I'm glad I can help you on your kimono journey... 💛