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Japanese see similar » Fashioning Kimono: Dress and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Japan
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Shojiro Nomura »
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This unique design treasury, consisting of lavish full-color pictures of a vibrant array of kimonos, is reproduced directly from two rare and costly original portfolios. Devotees of fashion,... read more »

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Shizuka Kusano »
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Shizuka Kusano is one of the most admired and recognized textile artists in Japan today. With the publication of The Fine Art of Kimono Embroidery, readers in the West will come to know and... read more »

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Motoji Niwa »
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An important, but often overlooked, part of the world of Japanese arts and crafts is the array of beautiful, stylized motifs that have traditionally been used to decorate a huge range of objects.... read more »

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Barry Till »
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Ichimaru (1906-1997) combined her experience as a geisha with an extraordinary talent as a vocalist and musician to become a unique figure in the social history of twentieth-century Japan.... read more »

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Sadao Hibi »
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The Colors of Japan is a visually stunning look into the unique use of color in Japanese culture from prehistoric times to the present day. That the Japanese should possess their own sense of color... read more »

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Young Yang Chung »
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Lavishly illustrated with photographs of magnificent dragon and bridal robes, rank badges, kimonos, and other embroidered textiles produced during the last two thousand years, this fascinating study... read more »

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Liza Crihfield Dalby »
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The colorful and stylized kimono--the national garment of Japan--expresses not only Japanese aesthetic sensibilities but the soul of Japan as well. In this beautifully written and lavishly... read more »

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Diane Victoria Horn »
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The kimono is an acceptance of tradition which ties the wearer to more than nine centuries of Japanese culture, history and protocol. The enormous variations of kimono designs were the creative... read more »

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Norio Yamanaka »
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This practical and attractive book makes available for the first time the basic knowledge and vocabulary needed to select and put on a kimono and obi.
Whether for women or men, all kimono are... read more »

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Young Yang Chung »
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Young Yang Chung-master embroiderer, renowned scholar of East Asian textile arts, and gifted teacher-here reveals not only the secrets of silk embroidery, but also the colorful history behind the... read more »

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