objectObiObjects · RitualsA named sash of Japanese later dress, tied over a kimono. Not the kimono itself, not a kesa, and not kente as a flatten.Obi is historically related to Silk.Chamberlain’s Dress notes seat the broad sash (obi) binding the kimono, often of heavy silk — sash speech, not the kimono robe itself.from Basil Hall Chamberlain · Things Japanese, 1890 (5th ed. 1905)historically related to · sourced · documentedsourcesThings Japanese · Basil Hall ChamberlainBasil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese (5th ed. 1905).