The sash worn underneath a kimono is called a nagasode-obi. In the late Edo period, the designs of women's clothing in the Fujiwara household became standardized, and they began to express these designs with intricate patterns of seasonal flowers and flower branches on nagasode-obis using the technique of shishu. It is thought that those with designs of chrysanthemums and fan-shaped bamboo were favored by those who appreciated the refined elegance of the imperial court.
打掛の下につける帯のことを掛下帯と称します。江戸時代後期になると武家女性の衣装のデザインは様式化し、掛下帯には四季折々の花束や花の折枝を散らした模様を総刺繡（ししゅう）で表わす様式となりました。菊と檜扇の模様は宮廷風の雅を好んだものでしょうか。
View the original at Japan Search →Article 1 states the aim as a beautiful and dignified national land, and it covers not only cities but farming, mountain and fishing villages. Inside a landscape planning area, Article 16 requires advance notification of new building, extension, rebuilding, relocation, and any repair or alteration that changes the exterior. Landscape Districts go further and impose direct restrictions on the form and design of buildings.
The cool part. Read Article 16 to the end of the sentence. A change of colour is listed alongside new construction as an act you must notify. Repainting your building is, in law, the same category of event as putting up a new one. This is the machinery behind the muted shopfronts of Kyoto. The brown coffee-shop sign is not a marketing choice, it is compliance.
Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →Use it The border is the idea. Use it as an edge treatment and leave the centre empty.
Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated