Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition

Rutland, VT, and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963. Cloth, 374 pages, illustrations (part color); 27 cm. Reprint 1986. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; 1. Background for a Picture; Perspective; Point of View; Focus; Design; 2. The Legendary Period; Hallowed Myth; The Introduction of Weaving; Costumes in Legend and Clay; 3. Asuka; The Introduction of Buddhism; A Hierarchy of Color; 4. Nara; Dedicated Treasures; Eighth-Century Textiles; Dyeing Processes; 5. Heian-Fujiwara; Courtly Society; Fujiwara Costumes and Textiles; 6. Kamakura; The Shogunate; Kamakura Costumes and Textiles; 7. Ashikaga-Muromachi; Aesthetes and Anarchy; Muromachi Costumes and Textiles; 8. Azuchi-Momoyama; The Great Taiko. Nishijin Weaving Momoyama Kimono Decoration; 9. Early Tokugawa; A New Capital and a New Order; Edo Weaving; Edo Kimono Before Yuzen; 10. Yuzen-Zome; Sarasa; Kaga-Zome, the Dyeing of Kaga Province; Yuzen the Fan Painter; 11. Genroku and Late Edo; Gaudy and Gay; Somber and Severe; 12. Meiji to Modern; Adjustment; Renaissance; APPENDICES; 1. Comparative Chronology; 2. "Brocade" Explained; 3. Color and Design in the Edo Period; 4. A Digest of Costume Details; 5. The Evolution of the Obi; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. l. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to.