Five centuries of Japanese kimono : on this sleeve of fondest dreams

Book

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Five centuries of Japanese kimono : on this sleeve of fondest dreams

Entry/Object ID

GT1560.F58

Description

Comprehensive study of the Art Institute of Chicago's most important Japanese costumes.

Context

Issue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On this sleeve of Fondest Dream," from March 7 to June 7, 1992.

Lexicon

Search Terms

costume--exhibitions, costume--japan, kimonos, kimonos--pattern design

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

Art Institute of Chicago

Publisher

Art Institute of Chicago

Place Published

City

Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1992

Call No.

GT1560.F58

ISBN

865591008, 9780865591004

Notes

Length: 104

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

The use of costumes in Nō drama / Monica Bethe -- Nō drama and other Japanese costumes in the Art Institute of Chicago / Mary V. Hays and Ralph E. Hays -- Catalogue -- Plates -- Utamaro's views of sericulture / James T. Ulak -- Hinagata bon: the Art Institute of Chicago collection of kimono pattern books / Betty Y. Siffert -- Glossary.