women put on a tasuki (a cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono ). 女性は襷をかける。
looking like a mad woman , she has a cogon grass ring in her hand and yudasuki (cotton cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono ) on her shoulders . 狂女の出立ちで手に茅の輪をもち、木綿襷をかけている。
there is a humorous performance to hide his private parts with a fan in haste realizing he had no loincloth while trying to tuck up the hem of his yukata ' s while withdrawing into the passage . 花道の引っ込みの際浴衣のすそを捲り上げようとして下帯のないのに気づき慌てて扇子で前を隠すユーモラスな演技がある。
" too short for an obi belt for a kimono , and too long for a tasuki cord to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono , but just good for a fundoshi loincloth " (corresponding to the western proverb " too much for one , and not enough for two " ) 「帯に短し襷に長し褌には丁度良い」
the modifications include the patterns by increasing the number of parallel lines , the lozenge patterns that include another lozenge pattern made of pieces of gold leaf inside , and tasuki bishi patterns (diamond patterns on cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono ). 応用パターンとして平行線を複数本にしたり、中に菱形の截箔を施した入れ子菱、襷菱などがある
