about to wide and about long. are made from cloth stiff enough that the does not need a lining or a sewn-in stiffener. One well-known type of is the , which consists of thick weft thread interwoven with thin warp thread with a stiff, tight weave; made from this material are also called . A can be worn with everyday kimono or . A is to wide (the so-called ) or wide and about long. was invented in the 1970s in Nishijin, Kyoto. It lies between the and the in terms of formality and use, and can be used to smarten up an everyday outfit. A is structured like a but is as short as a . It thus can also be turned inside out for wear like reversible . A is about wide and long. is the most formal type of women's , though all but obsolete today. It is made from cloth about 68 cm wide and is folded around a double lining and sewn together. were at their most popular during the Taishō and Meiji periods. Their bulk and weight make difficult to tie by oneself, and are worn only by and brides in the present day. A is about to wide and to long, fully patterned and is often embroidered with metal-coated yarn and foilwork. is the style of front-tied, flat worn historically by some (courtesans), and now worn by courtesan-reenactors and kabuki actors on stage. are thickly padded and commonly feature large-scale, heavily-decorated and sometimes three-dimensional motifs such as butterflies, clouds and Chinese dragons, typically on a background of satin silk. – also called – is the most-used type today. A is distinguished by its structure: one end is folded and sewn in half, the other end is of full width. This is to make putting the on easier. A can be partly- or fully-patterned. It is normally worn only in the style, and many are designed so that they have patterns only in the part that will be most prominent in the knot. are shorter than other types, about to long, but of the same width, about .The is relatively new, developed by a seamstress living in Nagoya at the end of the 1920s. The new, easy-to-use gained popularity among Tokyo's geisha, from whom it then was adopted by fashionable city women for their everyday wear.The formality of a depends on its material, just