Hardcover, pictorial dust jacket not price-clipped, publisher’s purple cloth with printed Japanese title slip and decorative band in white and violet, 265 × 190 mm.
Printed in Japan. Second printing (first: 1963).
Pagination: [1–9] 10–374 [2 blank] pp.
Illustrated with 142 illustrations, many in colour.
Colophon note: Book design and typography by F. Sakaede. Cover design and layout of plates by M. Kuwata (cover incorporates a stencil based on the one shown on page 306 in the book).
Library of Congress Catalogue Card No.: 62-15063
ISBN: 0-8048-0287-4

Title-page: JAPANESE COSTUME | and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition | by HELEN BENTON MINNICH | in collaboration with SHOJIRO NOMURA | RUTLAND • VERMONT CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO. TOKYO • JAPAN ||

Contents:

  • Background for a Picture
  • The Legendary Period
  • Asuka
  • Nara
  • Heian–Fujiwara
  • Kamakura
  • Ashikaga–Muromachi
  • Azuchi–Momoyama
  • Early Tokugawa
  • Yuzen-zome
  • Genroku and Late Edo
  • Meiji to Modern
  • Appendices: Comparative Chronology; “Brocade” Explained; Color and Design in the Edo Period; A Digest of Costume Details; The Evolution of the Obi
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Note: Collaboration with Shōjirō Nomura is credited on the title-page. This is the second printing of the 1963 original, retaining original layout and design.

Additional Information

Collection Japan: art, history, literature , Library
Type / Purpose Book , Reference book
Period 20 AD , Late 20th century
Country Japan
Language English
Media/Technique Paper , Wove paper
Subject Art , Art history , Dressing accessories , Fashion , Fashion history , History , Japan , Japanese art , Japanese history , Textile
Creation / Publishing year 1986
Binding Dust jacket , Hardcover
Edition 2nd edition
Location Swivel
Acquisition year 2025

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