Japan Beyond The Kimono

Author : Jenny Hall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350095403

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Japan beyond the Kimono by Jenny Hall Pdf

In the ancient city of Kyoto, contemporary artisans and designers are using heritage techniques and traditional clothing aesthetics to reinvent wafuku (Japanese clothing, including kimono) for modern life. Japan Beyond the Kimono explores these shifts, highlighting developments in the Kyoto fashion industry such as its integration of digital weaving and printing techniques and the influence of social media on fashion distribution systems. Through case studies of designers, artisans, and retailers, Jenny Hall provides a comprehensive picture of the reasons behind the production and consumption of these rejuvenated fashion goods. She argues that conceptualisations of Japanese tradition include innovation and change, which is vital to understanding how Japanese cultural heritage is both sustained and evolving. Essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, anthropology, and Japanese studies, Jenny Hall's sensory ethnography is the first of its kind, describing the lived experiences of people in the Kyoto textiles industry, explaining the renewal of traditional techniques and styles, and placing them both within contexts such as transnational 'craftscapes' and fast or slow fashion systems.

Author : Sheila Cliffe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472585554

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The Social Life of Kimono by Sheila Cliffe Pdf

The kimono is an iconic garment with a history as rich and colourful as the textiles from which it is crafted. Deeply associated with Japanese culture both past and present, it has often been thought of as a highly gendered, rigidly traditional and unchanging national costume. This book challenges that perception, revealing the nuanced meanings and messages behind the kimono from the point of view of its wearers and producers, many of whom – both men and women – see the garment as a vehicle for self-expression. Taking a material culture approach, The Social Life of Kimono is the first study to combine the history of the kimono as a fashionable garment with an in-depth exploration of its multifaceted role today on both the street and the catwalk. Through case studies covering historical advertising campaigns, fashion magazines, interviews with contemporary kimono designers, large scale and small craft producers, and consumers who choose to wear them, The Social Life of Kimono gives a unique insight into making and meaning of this complex garment.

Author : Michiko Suzuki
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824896942

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Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film by Michiko Suzuki Pdf

Often considered an exotic garment of "traditional Japan," the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature and film throughout the twentieth century. Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film is the first extended study to offer new ways of interpreting textual and visual narratives through "kimono language"--what these garments communicate within their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Kimonos on the page and screen do much more than create verisimilitude or function as one-dimensional symbols. They go beyond simply indicating the wearer's age, gender, class, and taste; as eloquent, heterogeneous objects, they speak of wartime and postwar histories and shed light on everything from gender politics to censorship. By reclaiming "kimono language"--once a powerful shared vernacular--Michiko Suzuki accesses inner lives of characters, hidden plot points, intertextual meanings, resistant messages, and social commentary. Reading the Kimono examines modern Japanese literary works and their cinematic adaptations, including Tanizaki Jun'ichirō's canonical novel, The Makioka Sisters, and its film versions, one screened under the US Occupation and another directed by Ichikawa Kon in 1983. It also investigates Kōda Aya's Kimono and Flowing, as well as Naruse Mikio's 1956 film adaptation of the latter. Reading the Kimono additionally advances the study of women writers by discussing texts by Tsuboi Sakae and Miyao Tomiko, authors often overlooked in scholarship despite their award-winning, bestselling stature. Through her analysis of stories and their afterlives, Suzuki offers a fresh view of the kimono as complex "material" to be read. She asks broader questions about the act of interpretation, what it means to explore both texts and textiles as inherently dynamic objects, shaped by context and considered differently over time. Reading the Kimono is at once an engaging history of the modern kimono and its representation, and a significant study of twentieth-century Japanese literature and film.

Author : Jean R. Renshaw
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Businesswomen
ISBN : 9780195117653

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Kimono in the Boardroom by Jean R. Renshaw Pdf

This book describes the little known world of Japanese women managers. Though largely unrecognized, women in Japan are moving into management positions in increasing numbers, and their importance to Japan's future competitiveness is becoming more understood.

Author : John Paris
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664602237

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Kimono by John Paris Pdf

"Kimono" by John Paris. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Terry Satsuki Milhaupt
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781780233178

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Kimono by Terry Satsuki Milhaupt Pdf

What is the kimono? Everyday garment? Art object? Symbol of Japan? As this book shows, the kimono has served all of these roles, its meaning changing across time and with the perspective of the wearer or viewer. Kimono: A Modern History begins by exposing the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century foundations of the modern kimono fashion industry. It explores the crossover between ‘art’ and ‘fashion’ in this period at the hands of famous Japanese painters who worked with clothing pattern books and painted directly onto garments. With Japan’s exposure to Western fashion in the nineteenth century, and Westerners’ exposure to Japanese modes of dress and design, the kimono took on new associations and came to symbolize an exotic culture and an alluring female form. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the kimono industry was sustained through government support. The line between fashion and art became blurred as kimonos produced by famous designers were collected for their beauty and displayed in museums, rather than being worn as clothing. Today, the kimono has once again taken on new dimensions, as the Internet and social media proliferate images of the kimono as a versatile garment to be integrated into a range of individual styles. Kimono: A Modern History, the inspiration for a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York,not only tells the story of a distinctive garment’s ever-changing functions and image, but provides a novel perspective on Japan’s modernization and encounter with the West.

Author : Jan Dees,Kunsthal Rotterdam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Design
ISBN : 8857200116

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Taishō Kimono by Jan Dees,Kunsthal Rotterdam Pdf

Showcases and analyzes a private collection of 130 kimonos made for men, women, and children between 1900 and 1940, evaluating the historical and cultural factors that have inspired their designs, in a volume that features three hundred commissioned photographs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Silverware
ISBN : 9887495417

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The Other Japan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norio Yamanaka
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039392431

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The Book of Kimono by Norio Yamanaka Pdf

Author : Dale Carolyn Gluckman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Kimonos
ISBN : UOM:39015077138371

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Kimono as Art by Dale Carolyn Gluckman Pdf

The first major book on Japanese textile artist Itchiku Kubota, published to accompany a touring exhibition.

Author : Shojiro Nomura,Tsutomu Ema
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN : 0486444260

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Japanese Kimono Designs by Shojiro Nomura,Tsutomu Ema Pdf

Japan's ancient and esteemed tradition of textile arts has long been reflected in the delicate beauty of the kimono and its appealing designs. 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, art, and Asian culture will appreciate this beautiful book and its tribute to the elegance and refinement of Japanese art, as expressed in the colorful grace of kimono designs.

Author : Manami Okazaki
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Clothing and dress
ISBN : 379134949X

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Kimono Now by Manami Okazaki Pdf

From the refined homes of Tokyo to the nightclubs of Kyoto; from gangster chic to Harajuku street style; from ateliers and catwalks to city sidewalks and religious festivals--this book shows how the kimono has continued to be one of Japan's most exciting wardrobe elements. Interviews with important industry figures, including clothing manufacturers and fashion designers, reveal how this traditional dress, with its simple and elegant form and timeless textile production methods, is as relevant today as ever.

Author : Keiko Nitanai
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781462919260

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Kimono Design by Keiko Nitanai Pdf

Kimono Design: An Introduction to Textiles and Patterns uses hundreds of photographs and a wealth of information on colors, fabrics and embellishments to paint a portrait of Japanese culture, art and thought. Lavish classical patterns, sweeping scenes, and the many motifs that have been woven, dyed, painted or embroidered into these textiles reveal a reflectiveness, a sense of humor, and an appreciation of exquisite beauty that is uniquely Japanese. Organized according to motifs traditionally associated with each season of the year, Kimono Design interprets the kimono's special language as expressed in depictions of: Flowers and grasses Birds and other animals Symbols of power, luck and prestige Land-and-seascapes scenes from literature, history and daily life scenes of travel and the Japanese concept of other lands and many others… Extensive notes on all the motifs demonstrate how the kimono reflects changing times and a sense of the timeless. Information on jewelry, hairpins and other accessories is scattered throughout to give a fuller sense of the Japanese art of dress. This is a volume that Japanophiles, historians, artists and designers will all cherish.

Author : Annie M. Van Assche
Publisher : 5Continents
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : UCSC:32106018097433

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Fashioning Kimono by Annie M. Van Assche Pdf

"High-quality color photographs and period pictures illustrate this sumptuous volume, which should interest experts and laymen alike." --Choice The Japanese kimono is celebrated worldwide for its elegant, distinctive silhouette. Though quintessentially Japanese, the kimono form has influenced fashion designers around the globe. The 150 stunning kimonos in this beautifully illustrated book were created in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and they include formal, semi-formal, and casual kimono, haori jackets, and under-kimono (juban) worn by men, women, and children. Some of the garments reflect historical styles of design and techniques, while others illustrate a dramatic break with aspects of kimono tradition, as themes and designs from Western art began to predominate over Japanese references. The book, published to accompany a major traveling exhibition, traces the history of the kimono and illustartes the variety of colors, techniques, and designs used in creating this beautiful and symbolic garment. The kimonos featured here are drawn from the internationally renowned Montgomery Collection of Lugano, Switzerland.

Author : Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher : Pomegranate
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Kimononos
ISBN : 9780876545980

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The Kimono Inspiration by Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) Pdf

The book explores the use and meaning of the kimono in America and traces the transformation of the garment from its ethnic origins, through its many appearances in fine art, costume, and high fashion, to its role in the contemporary Art-to-Wear Movement. It explores the American use of the kimono as a garment, as a symbol, and as an art form.