Women (in general)

“The women all wear the long-sleeved kimono, fastened at the waist with a broad sash or obi, which is formed—I can scarcely say ‘tied’—into a bow behind, and is usually made of silk ornamentally woven. The obi is the most conspicuous part of their dress, and is certainly most becoming.”

Arthur H. Crow, Highways and Byeways in Japan, (London, 1883) p. 12