Belt Buckle (obidome) and ribbon

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Belt Buckle (obidome 帯留)

Ornaments for Japanese kimono belts.

Sanada himo, see below





Detail of the handmade two Daruma figures


Photos from my friend Ishino.



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Obidome, fixed as a pendant

from carvalen, Daruma Forum

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Here is a wooden one from my friend Ishino.
it is about 2,3 cm wide.











size 3.3cm × 3.7cm


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Made from metal
38 x 20 mm







about 3 x 3 cm, singed 利光作


Photos from my friend Ishino


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. Shogun Sanada Daruma 　




Sanada himo 真田紐 Sanada-himo ribbon
a flat, braided cotton cord

This is a flat small cord, made from silk or cotton or a mix of both. It is very strong and has been used for wrapping wooden boxes for tea ceremony utensils. It was also used to keep ornaments for the samurai weapons and armour or hang heavy things.
It comes in many patterns and colors to fit the situation, many are even made to order for a special event. One roll of the cord is about 5 meters long and takes about a month to weave by hand.

They are said to have been made first by Sanada Masayuki, the famous samurai and his retainers and were sold in the town of Sakai (now Osaka). Sanada no himo 真田の紐.

Others say the word comes from the Tibetan sanaaru サナール and the cord has been introduced during the Heian period via the Silk Road. It was then called "small weaving" sa no hata ｢さのはた（狭織）｣, later changed to Sanada.

Sanada uchi 真田打ち is another word.
Now it is used for many things, even the bands for Japanese formal sandals and decorations for handbags.





Ladies attending the tea ceremony, who had forgotten to bring a proper obi himo 帯紐belt, used this ribbon, because it was made of the same length than an obi himo.
obijime おびじめ【帯締（め）】 small belt to hold the obi
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kumihimo 組紐 is the round braided ribbon used for the court robes.
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真田紐結べば亀の鳴きにけり
Sanada himo musubeba kame no naki ni keri

when I tie up
the Sanada cord, a turtle
starts crying

Yamao Tamamo 山尾玉藻


kame ga naku : KIGO

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. Fly-catching ribbon 蠅取リボン（はえとりりぼん）
　kigo for all summer

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sageo 下げ緒 / 下緒 Sangeo cord



an important item for Japanese swords.
It not only makes a sword secure but also decorates it nicely.

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a hanging cord made of silk, cotton or leather that is passed through the hole in the kurigata (栗形) of a Japanese sword's saya.
There are a number of different methods for wrapping and tying the sageo on the saya for display purposes.
In some schools of Iaidō, the sageo is tied to the hakama when practicing.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !


Sageo to order
source : www.kumihimo.se


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The word ribbon リボン, or cord, just like that,
is not a kigo but a topic for haiku.




冬ざるるリボンかければ贈り物
fuyu zaruru ribon kakereba okurimono

winter bareness -
when I wrap a ribbon around it,
it becomes a present

Hatano Sooha 波多野爽波 1923−1991 Hatano Soha

The kigo here is
fuyuzare 　冬ざれ　winter bareness


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..... Kimono, Yukata, Nagajuban 着物、浴衣、長じゅばん


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