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How to make a Ronin (masterless samurai) Musubi


A variation of the katabasami obi, if you look good youi will notice that the final finish is a bit different.

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Katabasami,
folded part of the obi goes from
the top to lower/left
Ronin musubi,
folded part of the obi goes from
the bottom to upper/right

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Keep 36 cm of the folded part and 25 cm of the wide part of the obi for folding.

The original Japanese page where these images came from can be found at Kimono story


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