Traditional Japanese clothing, Taiko-musubi knots

Amongst the hundreds of obi knots created by the Japanese kimono makers, some were lost over time, but others are still in use today. That's the case of taiko-musubi, a knot for women invented about 200 years ago by a group of geisha who wore it at the opening ceremony of the Taiko-bashi bridge in Edo (hence the "taiko" name).

Actually, taiko-musubi was a variation of a knot used by men, but it became so successful that today it is one of the most popular obi knots, being worn on both kimono and yukata, by women of all ages.