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Title: Kimono: Fashioning Culture by Liza Crihfield Dalby ISBN: 0-295-98155-5 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent resource
Comment: A comprehensive history of kimono past and present, this book is so full of information that it's hard to summarize. The author covers not only "familiar" - i.e., formal - kimono, but also work clothes, folk clothing, and the modest beauty of stripes and ikat. Illustrations throughout the book are well annotated and informative.
My two favorite chapters are those on kimono in the Heian (9th-11th centuries) and Genroku (1688-1704) periods, with their wealth of history and beauty. The chapter on the Heian era covers, among other things, seasonal color combinations, with color depictions of how the layers would look. The Genroku chapter covers kosode, with commented (black and white) illustrations from pattern books of the time.
For those interested in wearing modern kimono, the chapter "The Structure of Kimono" includes information on several different aspects of what a kimono, obi and their accessories can mean according to how they're worn. For instance, how the V-shape formed by the collar differs according to age, or what an obijime placed slightly lower than usual can signify. It also includes charts on kimono formality (a wonderful resource) and descriptions - as always, accompanied by illustrations - of the different kimono and obi types.
Rating: 5
Summary: excellent book
Comment: If you are planning to make an Heian era woman's costume (modern term is junihitoe) and already have the patterns for the robes and Heian era hakama (pants, essentially) this book is excellent for giving you all the popular color combinations for the robe layers.
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Title: The Book of Kimono by Norio Yamanaka ISBN: 0870117858 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: March, 1987 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Geisha by Liza Crihfield Dalby ISBN: 0520204956 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.15 |
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Title: Make Your Own Japanese Clothes: Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear by John Marshall, Steven Jenner ISBN: 087011865X Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: November, 1988 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Kimono by Paul Van Riel, Liza Dalby, Paul Van Riel, an introduction by Liza Dalby ISBN: 907482241X Publisher: Hotei Publishing Pub. Date: 25 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: The Japanese Kimono (Images of Asia) by Hugo Munsterberg ISBN: 0195875117 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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