Japan beyond the kimono innovation and tradition in the textile Industry - Hall, Jenny (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020)
Description based upon print version of record. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations and Videos -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Historical Dates -- 1 Dress to Destruction -- Kyoto as a Field Site -- The Senses in Japan -- Tradition in the Textile Industry -- Tradition and Cultural Nationalism -- Tradition and Authenticity -- Innovation in Tradition -- Tradition and Kata -- Fashion -- Fashion's Inferiority Complex -- Clothing, Dress, and Fashion -- Fashion as Cultural Practice -- Japanese Fashion: A Pre-Industrial Example -- Book Outline -- Conclusion
2 Creating Kimono -- Fabric and Fibers -- Materials-Dyes -- Technology -- Orimono -- Takabata-Treadle Looms -- Jacquard -- Power Loom -- Digital Loom -- Shiborizome -- Tsujigahana -- Yūzen -- Tegaki Yūzen -- Kata Yūzen -- Digital Yūzen -- Conclusion -- 3 Case Studies -- Pagong (Kamedatomi Co. Ltd.) -- Background -- Process -- Products -- Kyoto Denim -- Background -- Process -- Products -- Sou Sou -- Background -- Process -- Products -- Conclusion -- 4 Kimono as Sartorial Expression-Clothing, Play, and Identity -- Wearing Kimono in Contemporary Japan -- What Makes a Kimono? -- Garment Structure
Decorative Composition -- Mode of Dress -- Kankō Taiken -- Kimono Taiken -- Maiko Henshin -- Tezukuri Yoroi -- Matsuri -- Clothing, Play, and Identity -- Conclusion -- 5 Innovation and Change -- Innovation in Design -- Traditional Apparel with Modern Print Designs -- Retaining the Core Elements of Traditional Apparel -- Contemporary Products from Traditionally Printed Fabric or Dye Techniques -- Innovation in Production -- Digital Yūzen -- Outsourcing -- Innovation in Supply Lines and Distribution -- Innovation in Marketing -- Conclusion -- 6 Conclusion -- The Evolution of Tradition
Using the Past to Weave the Future -- Weaving Social Change -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index
Keywords: Textile industry / Japan; Textile design / Japan; Fashion design / Japan; Design; Kimono; Textilindustrie; Bekleidungswirtschaft; Mode; Kyōto