The Kimono in Print - 300 Years of Japanese Design

The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design is the first publication dedicated to the examination of the kimono as a major source of inspiration and experimentation in Japanese print culture from the widely circulated woodblock prints and illustrated books of the Edo period (1603-1868) to the modern design books of the Meiji period (1868-1912). Print and book designers from these eras, such as Hishikawa Moronobu and Kamisaka Sekka, profoundly shaped the ever-evolving trends in material culture and fashion, including the popularization of certain styles of dress and even the creation of kimono designs.Five essays by the leading art and social historians Nagasaki Iwao, Ellis Tinios, Matsuba Ry_ko, Fujita Kayoko, and Stephanie Su and a catalogue of about seventy works off er insight into the intersection of the worlds of the Japanese print and kimono as well as their social, cultural, and global import.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Vivian Li (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Brill
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 05.10.2020
• EAN: 9789004424647
• ISBN: 978-90-0-442464-7
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 245 mm x 297 mm x 268 mm
• Gewicht: 841 g
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Bildende Kunst