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 consists of elaborately decorated overlapping wheels Genji guruma) of Heian era aristocrat's carriages. Symbols found as decorative motifs on the wheels include, auspicious Chinese motifs, such as rhinoceros horns, waves, ingots, pine, Chinese flowers (karabana), etc. Also scattered throughout are red cords with knotted bows and tasseled ends. These patterns are created by silk wefts of dark green, grey-green, purple, lavender, dark and light blue, red, pink, and orange with additional wefts of metallic-leafed paper strips and metal-leafed paper strips wrapped around a silk or cotton thread core. The obi has been opened along one long and one short edge. The lining, which would have stiffened the obi even more, has been removed.