Textiles Traditional Arts and Entertainment Japan
Textiles Traditional Arts and Entertainment Japan
Textiles
This category is for Japanese traditional (non-Western) textiles.
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- With kimono photos, descriptions, fashion competitions and related articles. Details different styles of Japanese kimono.
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- History and procedures with well illustrated explanations.
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- The development of Jacquard weaving in Japan. Well illustrated.
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- A page of links to sites on kumihimo (a type of Japanese thread braiding). With a guide to supplies used.
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- Traditional Japanese embroidered balls, originally toys, but now an artwork symbolizing friendship.
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- A tool used in Japanese embroidery.
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- Brief, illustrated description of the two methods.
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- Custom textiles and artworks of traditional Japanese and original designs by hand on the silks, cottons, hemps and wools. Colored in beautiful natural dyes and indigo.
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- Text only description of modern usage of the traditional garment.
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- In journal format, with annotated pictures, kitsuke (how to wear kimono), recommendations and links.
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- A modern master who recreated a lost method of dyeing and decorating silks for kimonos using contemporary materials. Illustrated.
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- Showcases the work of the artisans, still carrying on the traditions of kimono and handcraft production in Japan.
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