A long narrow stiff obi composed of one width folded in half of complex woven nishiki fabric (polychrome figured silk with wefts of silk and metal-leafed paper strips wrapped around a silk or cotton thread core). The pattern includes a background of diamonds within diamonds (hishi) on which are placed fantastic flowers (hosoge), along with smaller scrolling stems and leaves (kara kusa). Colors include off-white, tan, light brown, light blue, dark blue, light green, medium green, dark green, lavender, purple, light orange, dark orange, metallic silver, and metallic gold threads. (The pattern repeat is 22".) The sewing stitches along the once seamed edge have been takekn out and the lining, which would have stiffened the obi even more, has been permanently removed.