Taishō kimono : speaking of past and present / Jan Dees ; photography by Michiel Elsevier Stokmans.

By:

Dees, Jan

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Milano : Skira ; New York : Distributed in North America by Rizzoli International Publishers, 2009.Description: 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cmISBN:

8857200116
9788857200118

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DDC classification:

391 KIM

Summary: 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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	391 KIM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100398172

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This remarkable volume features and analyzes a private collection of some 130 textiles, mainly from the period between 1900 and 1940. An introduction explains the place of the kimono in Japanese society, including the essential cultural and historical background, but the heart of the book is formed by the photographs of the individual textiles, focusing on the decoration techniques and other main characteristics. No doubt women's kimono are the most artistic ones as a result of their bold and colorful designs. But probably the most surprising garments are the men's under kimono's, since little has been published about them. Some designs show a longing for the past, but others are decorated with contemporary motifs, such as the popular baseball game and the beginning of the Second World War. The children's section features the contrasting expectations for girls and boys in Japanese society: "sweet" decorations on girls' kimono's, strong animals or samurai on boys' textiles. The book is generously illustrated with three hundred full-color photographs taken especially for this book and all never before published.

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.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jan Dees , gastroenterologist and art researcher, is a prolific writer of articles and books on Japanese lacquer.

Michiel Elsevier Stokmans is a well-known Holland-based art photographer. As head of the photography department of Christie's, Amsterdam, he has been responsible for the production of more than 1000 auction catalogues over the past twenty-three years.