Back belt - Ushiroobi

Japanese: 後帯 - うしろおび

〘 noun 〙① = Ushiromusubi (back knot) ①⇔Holding obi. ※Nippo Jisho (1603-04) “Vxirovobiuo (Ushirowobiwo) suru” ② Young woman. Also, especially a prostitute who wears her obi tied behind her back and looks like an amateur girl. ※Sakehon Kyojitsu Yanagiko Hougen (1794) vol. 1 “The beautiful things in the back obi, when you are with two people” [Eloquence] (1) It seems that the knot made in front was turned to the back when wearing it, but if the width of the obi was narrow and the knot was small, it did not interfere with movement, and also, until around the Kanbun era ( 1661-73 ), people did not tie the obi and folded it in, so the position did not matter much.
(2) Prostitutes used to wear obi in front, but as time went on, they began to tie it at the back in the amateur style, and these also came to be called 'ura obi' in pleasure quarters jargon.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① ＝うしろむすび（後結）①⇔抱え帯。※日葡辞書（1603‐04）「Vxirovobiuo(ウシロヲビヲ) スル」② 娘。また、特に、帯を背後で結んで、素人の娘のような姿をしている遊女。※洒落本・虚実柳巷方言（1794）上「後帯のうつくしもの、弐人のそばによりそへば」[語誌](1)着用時に前に作った結び目は後ろにまわしたようだが、帯の幅が狭く結び目が小さい場合には動作に支障はなく、また寛文（一六六一‐七三）の頃までは帯の結び目を作らず、折り込むようにもしたので、その位置はさして問題にならなかった。
(2)遊女は前帯であったが、時代が降ると素人風に後ろに結び、彼女等もまた遊里の用語で「後ろ帯」と呼ばれるようになった。

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