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Tasuki as seen from the front at a summer festival. A tasuki (襷/たすき) is a fashion accessory used for holding up the long sleeves of the Japanese kimono.It is a sash made from either cloth or cord that loops over each shoulder and crosses over the wearer's back.
An obi is a belt of varying size and shape worn with both traditional Japanese clothing and uniforms for Japanese martial arts styles. Originating as a simple thin belt in Heian period Japan, the obi developed over time into a belt with a number of different varieties, with a number of different sizes and proportions, lengths, and methods of tying.
Nemaki are commonly given as guest clothing at inns, and are worn as sleepwear. Netsuke (根付/根付け) An ornament worn suspended from the men's obi, serving as a cordlock or a counterweight. (See also inro and ojime). Similar to yaopei (腰佩, lit. ' waist wear '), worn in hanfu wear (see also yupei, norigae and lào zi).
Uwa-obi or himo, a cloth sash or belt used for attaching various weapons and other items such as the katana, wakizashi and tantō. Fundoshi, a simple loin cloth. Kyahan or kiahan, tight gaiters made of cloth which covered the shins. Hakama, a type of pants worn underneath the armour, hakama could be long or short like the kobakama.
A diagram of a katana and koshirae with components identified. Fuchi (縁): The fuchi is a hilt collar between the tsuka and the tsuba.; Habaki (鎺): The habaki is a wedge-shaped metal collar used to keep the sword from falling out of the saya and to support the fittings below; fitted at the ha-machi and mune-machi which precede the nakago.
Blades whose length is next to a different classification type are described with a prefix 'O-' (for great) or 'Ko-' (for small), e.g. a Wakizashi with a length of 59 cm is called an O-wakizashi (almost a Katana) whereas a Katana of 61 cm is called a Ko-Katana (for small Katana; but note that a small accessory blade sometimes found in the ...
Comparison between the tangs (nakago) of a katana (left) and tachi (right). The signature (銘, mei) on the tachi tang was inscribed so it was always on the side of the tang facing outward as either sword was worn. With a few exceptions, katana and tachi can be distinguished from each other, if signed, by the location of the signature (mei) on ...
The wakizashi was one of several short swords available for use by samurai including the yoroi tōshi, and the chisa-katana. The term wakizashi did not originally specify swords of any official blade length [10] and was an abbreviation of wakizashi no katana ("sword thrust at one's side"); the term was applied to companion swords of all sizes. [11]