
帯は着物姿を引き立てるもっとも重要な要です。どういう帯を組み合わせるかでその着物のイメージも変わります。ときには着物より帯の方が高価な場合もあります。幅は30センチ(並幅)、長さは約3~4 メートルもあります。結んだとき前の方が半分の15センチ幅で、後ろの結び方はいろいろありますが、一般的にはお太鼓です。美しい模様がお太鼓の中心にくるようにデザインされていて、後姿の方が華やかになります。
A kimono belt, Obi is a very important element of kimono style. It makes the whole style vivid or settled. It is said "(you should have)four obis for a kimono." Sometimes a coordinated obi is more expensive than kimono itself.
The width obi is 30cm and lengts about 320~400cm. The tying-body part (around one third of whole length) is folded into half, 15cm width. Nagoya-obi is already folded and sewed into this size.
The back style of tied obi is in variety. There are many gorgeous styles for young girls' beautiful furisode. But "o-taiko" is the most general one. "Taiko" means a drum and it's named from the shape.

胴に巻く部分(帯全体の大体三分の一)があらかじめ半幅に仕立てられている名古屋帯です。名古屋帯は大正時代に始まったそうですから、以外に新しいのですね。知りませんでした。
This light blue obi is Nagoya-obi.

These are some example of obi patterns.They are the parts of o-taiko when tied. So you can see how gorgeous the back of kimono style is.

This obi is very Japanese; both colors and patterns.

This is rather westernised colors and patterns.