Dees, Jan.

Taishō kimono : speaking of past and present / Jan Dees ; photography by Michiel Elsevier Stokmans. - Milano : New York : Skira ; Distributed in North America by Rizzoli International Publishers, 2009. - 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Accompanies an exhibition held at Kunsthal, Rotterdam.

Includes bibiographical references (p. 285-286) and index.

Showcases and analyzes a private collection of 130 kimonos made for men, women, and children between 1900 and 1940, evaluating the historical and cultural factors that have inspired their designs, in a volume that features three hundred commissioned photographs.

8857200116 9788857200118


Kimonos--Exhibitions.
Clothing and dress--Japan--Exhibitions.
Kimonos--Exhibitions.
Clothing and dress--Japan--Exhibitions.


Japan--History--Taishō period, 1912-1926--Exhibitions.
Japan--History--1868-1945--Exhibitions.

391 KIM