Woman's sash (maru-obi) of brocaded silk. On a black ground there is a lattice pattern filled with quatrefoils, all worked in gilt-paper strips. On this ground are brocaded delicately grouped flowers as though they were growing through the lattice; they are arranged on a point repeat. This pattern repeats at short intervals brocaded in varying colours, which includes pink, red, white, green and yellowish green. The ground is worked as a twill. This woman's sash (maru-obi) was worn doubled over as the crease down the centre shows. Obi (sash), brocaded silk twill, Japan, Edo period, 18th century.