Beyond the Tanabata Bridge : traditional Japanese textiles

Book

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Beyond the Tanabata Bridge : traditional Japanese textiles

Entry/Object ID

NK8884.S43

Description

Startling in their capacity to embody aesthetic and social values, the woven arts from Japan suggest that culture's long history and rich tradition of producing textiles that can truly be considered an art form. Exquisitely quiet yet graphic communication, the fibers, color, weave, and style of these objects tell us both about their makers and the individuals for whom they were made -- his or her place in society, including status, wealth, and associations. This volume authoritative guide to folk textiles of Japan from the 18th to 20th century based on one of America's most comprehensive collections at the Seattle Art Museum. Illustrated are Ainu textiles, sashiko, kogin and hishizashi, kasuri, shiborizome and koshi patterns, and textiles of Okinawa.

Context

Exhibition of the Seattle Art Museum's collection was shown at the Textile Museum, Washington, DC, Sept. 10, 1993-Feb. 27, 1994, and the Birmingham Museum of Art, spring 1994.

Collection

Carol Westfall Collection, Titi Halle/Cora Ginsburg LLC Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

folk art--japan, textile fabrics--japan

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

Seattle Art Museum, William Jay Rathbun

Publisher

Thames and Hudson, Seattle Art Museum

Place Published

City

New York, NY

Date Published

1993

Call No.

NK8884.S43

ISBN

932216404, 9780932216403

Notes

Length: 196

General Notes

Note

Foreword / Jay Gates -- Introduction / William Jay Rathbun -- Map of Japan -- Pt. I. An overview of Japanese folk textiles. The tradition of folk textiles in Japan / Iwao Nagasaki -- The art of color / Mary Dusenbury -- Bast fibers / Louise Allison Cort -- Sashiko: a stitchery of Japan / Cynthia Shaver -- Katazome, Tsutsugaki, and Yuzenzome / Richard Mellott -- Kasuri / Mary Dusenbury -- Textiles of Okinawa / Amanda Mayer Stinchecum -- Pt. II. The Catalogue of the Collection. Ainu textiles / Michiyo Morioka -- Sashiko, Kogin, and Hishizashi / Michiyo Morioka -- Tsutsugaki and Katazome / Michiyo Morioka and William Jay Rathbun -- Kasuri, Shiborizome, and Koshi patterns / William Jay Rathbun -- Okinawan weaving and dyeing / William Jay Rathbun.