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.
