Front belt - Maeobi

Japanese: 前帯 - まえおび

A way of tying an obi with the knot in front. Originally, obi were thin and generally tied in front, but later, as obi became wider, they began to be tied in the back. In the Edo period, girls began to wear obi in the back, and obi in front became a symbol of married women, but as obi in front was inconvenient for housework, married women later began to wear obi in front. However, even today, the custom of tying obi in front remains in some regions during ceremonies, and in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, the wife of the chief mourner wears an obi in front, and in parts of Saga Prefecture, there is a custom called goke obi, where a wife wears an obi in front for three days after her husband dies. In some regions, the custom remains that brides wear obi in front at weddings, and mothers-in-law wear obi in front when they welcome their daughters into the family.

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Japanese:

結び目を前にした帯の締め方。本来帯は細い紐帯で前結びが一般的であったが，のち帯幅が広がるにつれてうしろで結ぶようになった。江戸時代に入ると，娘はうしろ帯にするようになり，前帯は既婚女性の象徴となったが，前帯では家事仕事の際に不便なため，のちには既婚女性でもうしろ帯になっていった。しかし現在でも儀式の際などには前結びをする風習が地方によって残っており，岐阜県高山市では喪主の妻は前帯にするし，佐賀県の一部にはゴケオビといって，夫が死ぬと妻は3日間前帯にする。また地方によっては花嫁が婚礼には前帯にすることや，嫁を迎えると姑が前帯にする習慣の残っているところもある。

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