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Post by Suzume on Nov 16, 2005 0:17:44 GMT -5
Does anyone have a recommendation for books that would help me understand the evolution of the kosode more clearly? I have Dalby's "kimono", but i guess thats not going to help me much...it's just made me have more questions.  |
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Saionji Shonagon
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Nov 16, 2005 0:35:02 GMT -5
Yep, but they're not in print. I did just take a spin through Amazon and they do seem to have used copies of all three available.
Minnich, Helen Benton. Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1963
A little old fashioned, but a decent overview. However, it's generally a bit pricy. Moe's had it for $75 - when I spotted a copy on eBay I bid on it and won at $45.
Noma, Seiroku. Japanese Costume and Textile Arts. New York and Tokyo, John Wetherhill, Inc. and Heibonsha, jointly, 19774 (ISBN 0-8348-1026-3).
Amazon has used copies starting as low as $10.71 This is a very nice little book with some good information on the evolution of styles from the Nara period into the Edo period. (One in a multivolume Heibonsha Survey of Art - I keep finding odd volumes at Moe's in Berkeley. A very nice series on Japanese art history!)
Stinchecum, Amanda Meyer. Kosode: 16th-19th Century Textiles From The Nomura Collection. New York: Japan Society in association with Kodansha International, 1984 (ISBN 0-913304-18-2).
This one is gorgeous. Nomura was a 19th century collector who preserved a number of old, damaged garments by mounting many of them on screens. While much of his collection dates from the Edo period, there are a few 16th century examples. There are also detailed appendices of indepth textile geekery: glossaries of embellishment techniques, dye plants, types of weaves and fabrics, even a cutting layout and dimensions of some period kosode. Worth it for this part alone.
Dalby's good for sociological context though.
There are many more out there, I'm sure, but these are the ones I have and like.
Saionji
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Post by Suzume on Nov 16, 2005 21:43:49 GMT -5
MMmmmmmm...textile geekery....my favorite..
Thanks so much! Amazon here I come.
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