Obi sash to be worn with kimono, ecru with light blue lines, embroidered boat and birds Made of bast fiber (asa) in a gauze weave (ro), doubled and sew down one side. The color is a natural ecru with dyed light blue wavy lines simulating water. Embroidered in silk thread near one end is a boat with a lanteen sail, cr?me colored hull with black dotted lines, white deck, brown railings, green and dark blue railings aft, large aqua and mauve sail with a white crest, small green sail on forward deck behind a pink, white and black canopy, green, white and rose canopy on starboard, hut shaped structure with rolled blind in the middle. Scattered through the middle and at the other end are aqua and mauve flying seabirds. The boat motif will appear upside down when the obi knot is tied.

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