Vocabulary: Japan

• ato-zome
• bast
• chuburisode
• date eri
• fukuro obi
• furisode
• geta
• hakima (hakama)
• hanhaba obi
• haori
• hitatare
• hitoe obi
• junihitoe
• kamon
• kimono
• koshi himo
• kosode
• maru obi
• obi
• obi ita (stay to hold body and obi in shape)
• obi makura (pad used to help smooth out parts of the obi and maintain its shape)
• obi-age (so-called "sash" is a finished piece of soft fabric that is tucked into the top of the obi in the front of the body)
• obi-dome (a decorative object such as a pin worn on the obi)
• obi-jime (narrow cord used to complete the obi, mainly used in late-20th and early 21st centuries)
• osode (sleeves with a wide opening at the opening (wrist) edge)
• saki-zome
• shibori
• sode
• surihaku
• tabi
• taiko musubi: form of obi translated literally as "drum ending."
• tomosode
• tsukesage
• uchigi
• uchikake
• uwagi
• yukata
• Yuzen (named for Miyazaki Yuzen, 1688-1704, who developed the resist technique to paint fans in the Edo era)
• zori

Last updated: 4/30/2021