Belt - Hard

A leather belt used by the aristocracy in ancient times when wearing official attire. Originally called a koshiobi (waist belt), it was a black lacquered leather belt with 12 square or circular ornaments called ka, made of gold, silver, jewels, or stones, attached to the back of the waist. The Yoro Clothing Order stipulated that those of the fifth rank or higher were to wear gold and silver ornaments, while those of the sixth rank or lower were to wear kuro-nuri, copper with a black lacquer coating. From the Heian period onwards, only jewels and stones were used, and the belt came to be called a stone belt or a jade belt. A koshiobi has a clasp on one end and a leather tip on the other end, with holes drilled where necessary, through which the sashi-gane (hooks) of the ka are passed, and the belt is fastened and fastened.

[Takada Yamato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

古代の貴族階級が、公服着用のときに用いた革帯。もとは腰帯(こしおび)といわれ、黒漆塗りの革帯の後腰部分に銙(か)とよぶ金、銀または玉、石などの正方形または円形の飾り12個を並べて据え付けたもの。養老の衣服令では、五位以上金銀装、六位以下は烏油(くろぬり)といって、銅に黒漆を塗ったものをつけると定められている。平安時代以降は、玉や石のみを用いることとなって、石帯とか玉帯とよばれるようになった。銙帯は片端に鉸具(かこ)をつけ、他の端に革先金をつけて、必要な箇所に穴をあけ、銙具の刺金(さすが)を通し、締めて留めるようになっている。

［高田倭男］

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