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Author : Liza Crihfield Dalby
Softcover : 384 pages
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Language : English
ISBN : 0-295-98155-5
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< Story
The colorful and stylized kimono-the national garment of Japan-expresses not only Japanese
aesthetic sensibilities but the soul of Japan as well. In this beautifully written and lavishly ilustrated book,
Liza Dalby, author of the highly acclaimed Geisha and Tale of Murasaki, traces the history of kimono-its uses,
aesthetics, and social meanings- to explore Japanese culture. Drawing on a variety of period texts
including 17th-century Kimono pattern books, Dalby vividly recreates Kimono and
those who wore them through the centuries. She discusses the development of the kimono robe
from its Chinese origins two thousand years ago to its assimilation as the national dress of Japan.
< Review
"Ms. Dalby has a great deal to tell, starting with her contention that clothing and wearer merge
in Japan more than in most places.. [She] offers a tour of the cultural collisions that have become
part of the fabric not just of the kimono but of modern Japan. It is a tour well worth taking."
Wall Stree Journal
"The force behind this excellent book is Dalby's personal passion for the whole cultural realm
she discovered while learning to wear kimono with the exacting perfection of a professional,
which meant learning to feel natural in it."
Ann Hollander, Yale Review
"A lively, informative study of the kimono, tracing its evolution throughout Japanese history to
its current status as the national dress of Japan. [Dalby's] unique position as a Western 'insider' allow her
to demystify the complex social mores connected with wearing the kimono....
At once scholarly and enjoyable reading."
Journal of Japanese Studies
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