[h-cost] It's time for Japanese...
At the beginning of September, PEERS (our local vintage dance society) is doing The Mikado Ball: A Topsy-Turvy Event and (since we have other events that need it too) I'm doing some Japanese costume for it. I'm looking for some good resources on Japanese clothes to help me along the way. Here's what I've already got: Folkwear 151: Japanese Hakama and Kataginu John Marshall's _Make Your Own Japanese Clothes_ Jenni Dobson's _Making Kimono and Japanese Clothes_ Norio Yamanaka's _The Book of Kimono_ _A Step to Kimono and Kumihimo_ (no author credited, Kyoto Kimono Gakuin) Alan Kennedy's _Japanese Costume: History and Tradition_ (and a few other things) I've also got a few websites bookmarked at http://del.icio.us/bovil/costume So at this point I'm likely doing Edo period costume; the patterns and books I have are sufficient for that. Does anybody have better resources on earlier Japanese costume, say Heian and Kamakura styles? andy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] It's time for Japanese...
andy wrote: Does anybody have better resources on earlier Japanese costume, say Heian and Kamakura styles? There's a great new book: Kure, Mitsuo, _Samurai: Arms, Armor, Costume_, Chartwell Books, London, UK, 2007, ISBN: 0785822089, ISBN-13: 9780785822080 It lists for $19.99US, but lots of places have it cheaper; I got my copy for around $12. Most of the costumes depicted are pre-Edo, and each is given at least four pages of pictures, text, and diagrams. Costumes are shown from different angles, and in various stages of assembly. There are much more of the mens' costumes than the womens', and lots of armor. The text is very entertaining. -Helen/Aidan ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] It's time for Japanese...
There is a lady in Houston that can definitely help you with this. However she is not on this mailing list. If you are interested please send me an email and I will get the two of you together on this. She is Japanese. Chiara On 8/12/07, Andrew Trembley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the beginning of September, PEERS (our local vintage dance society) is doing The Mikado Ball: A Topsy-Turvy Event and (since we have other events that need it too) I'm doing some Japanese costume for it. I'm looking for some good resources on Japanese clothes to help me along the way. Here's what I've already got: Folkwear 151: Japanese Hakama and Kataginu John Marshall's _Make Your Own Japanese Clothes_ Jenni Dobson's _Making Kimono and Japanese Clothes_ Norio Yamanaka's _The Book of Kimono_ _A Step to Kimono and Kumihimo_ (no author credited, Kyoto Kimono Gakuin) Alan Kennedy's _Japanese Costume: History and Tradition_ (and a few other things) I've also got a few websites bookmarked at http://del.icio.us/bovil/costume So at this point I'm likely doing Edo period costume; the patterns and books I have are sufficient for that. Does anybody have better resources on earlier Japanese costume, say Heian and Kamakura styles? andy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] It's time for Japanese...
On Aug 13, 2007, at 6:14 AM, Helen Pinto wrote: andy wrote: Does anybody have better resources on earlier Japanese costume, say Heian and Kamakura styles? There's a great new book: Kure, Mitsuo, _Samurai: Arms, Armor, Costume_, Chartwell Books, London, UK, 2007, ISBN: 0785822089, ISBN-13: 9780785822080 It lists for $19.99US, but lots of places have it cheaper; I got my copy for around $12. Most of the costumes depicted are pre-Edo, and each is given at least four pages of pictures, text, and diagrams. Costumes are shown from different angles, and in various stages of assembly. There are much more of the mens' costumes than the womens', and lots of armor. The text is very entertaining. Thank you, this is exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for (menswear is often an afterthought in so many costume books). andy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
