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The Book of Kimono
This book is a bible for all kimono lovers. Everything from how to wear a kimono to its make, essential kimono terms, kimono etiquettes, tips on caring and handling and history, all you need to know about kimono is in here. A section is also dedicated to men's kimono and dressing. This book should practically answer any questions you have about Japanese kimono - a must have for beginners and a book that even professionals come back to. |
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Design With Japanese Obi
This book is an idea source for using Japanese obi sash as part of the decoration in your home. Through attractive pictures, it demonstrates simple to elaborate ways of arranging the obi as artistic table runners, dining room accents, wall displays, and coverings for furniture in western home. Decorate your holiday home with elegant obi from CHUU! |
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The Techniques of Japanese Embroidery
Japanese kimono dealers call the embroidery in a decoration "Nui" and when Nui is found on a kimono, they admire it in silent owe because they know how difficult it is to put Nui in kimono and a good Nui decides the kimono's rank. If you have ever been charmed by the beauty of Japanese embroidery, this is the book for you! |
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Story of the Kimono
Unfortunately this book is currently out of print and is much sought after. This deluxe hardcover book is rich in colour illustration and follows the history of Japanese kimono from Jomon (BC10000) era to Edo period, in great details. There is less about Meiji to contemporary kimono, but this book tells you a lot about Japanese costume history. Recommended for serious collectors, costume designers and kimono dealers. |
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Textile Art of Japan
The more you learn about kimono, the more you become intrigued by the fabrics that make the stunning garments. This book is a richly illustrated introduction to a variety of traditional textiles that are made in Japan. The book begins with a brief survey of the history of kimono and obi and then takes you through a tour of major textile techniques such as dying, weaving and needleworks as well as covering the materials used for each technique. |
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Make Your Own Japanese Clothes
Yes, wearing a kimono in formal, traditional Japanese way can be cumbersome at times. This book is filled with hints and ideas of easy, modern ways of wearing kimono. It also gives you helpful step by step instructions on how to make your own creative clothing using Japanese inspiration. Kimono is more fun if you can wear it everyday! |
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At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit
This book offers hundreds of ideas for
integrating the simple elegance of Japanese
design into your home. Visit the homes of
interior designers, collectors and international
antique dealers and see how creatively they have
combined the East and the West. It could be your
home soon, too! |
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The Colors of Japan
Japan is a country of colour. It is a gift that the versatile weather, landscape and nature brought to the country. This book boldly stimulates your visual senses with great pictures throughout. Among the hundreds of colours found in Japan this book focuses on red, blue, brown, green, purple, black and white, gold and silver. |
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Symbols of Japan: Thematic Motifs in Art and Design
Little flower and animal motifs on your kimono and other Japanese antiques. Wouldn't you like to know what they are and why they are there? This intriguing book explains almost all significant Japanese symbols, their historical and cultural background and hidden meanings. Nearly every symbol is illustrated with fine examples of art and design to keep you interested and entertained. |
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At Home With Japanese Design: Accents, Structure and Spirit
This book offers hundreds of ideas for integrating the simple elegance of Japanese design into your home. Visit the homes of interior designers, collectors and international antique dealers and see how creatively they have combined the East and the West. It could be your home soon, too! |
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Spirit and Symbol: The Japanese New Year
The Japanese New Year is very symbolic. It is sometimes sacred and sometimes secular as it is influenced by a fusion of Buddhism, Shintoism, deities and folk beliefs. Now that we live in the US we have less opportunity to enjoy a New Year in Japan, but scenes in this book brings melancholic sentiment to our heart and surely it will to yours, too. |
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Snow, Wave, Pine: Traditional Patterns in Japanese Design
Flowers, animals, natural phenomena, geometric patterns and family crests, nearly all motifs used in traditional Japanese textiles and antiques have a meaning. Over 450 refined colour photos in this beautiful hardcover book will stimulate your creative mind and the concise text gives you enough knowledge. This book is a quick way to learn the basics of traditional Japanese design. |
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Memoirs of a Geisha
I've heard a lot about the legal dispute between the author, Arthur Golden and the retired Kyoto Geisha, Mineko Iwasaki who gave him ideas and information for his book, so I was very curious about the story. I have to say I did really enjoy reading it; in fact it was so absorbing that I finished reading it in two days. As Mineko says, perhaps not everything in the book about the traditions of Geisha is factual, especially regarding sensitive subject matters like Mizuage (auctioning virginity) and their relationship with Danna (patrons), but that doesn't change the fact that this book is a great introduction to the mysterious world of Geisha, subtle Japanese symbolism, and most over the novel is very cleverly and beautifully written. The characters are so real that you almost forget that it is fictional!
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Geisha : A Life
Please see review at Amazon.com
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A Way to Victory: The Annotated Book of Five Rings
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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| Autobiography of a Geisha
Please see review at Amazon.com
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| Miyamoto
Musashi : His Life and Writings
Please see review at Amazon.com
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Geisha : The Life, the Voices, the Art
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Bushido: The Way of the Samurai (Square One Classics)
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Geishas
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinsu
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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The Complete Geisha
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Kuniyoshi: The Faithful Samurai
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Geisha Secrets: A Pillow Book for Lovers
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Castles of the Samurai: Power and Beauty
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Geisha
: A Unique World of Tradition, Elegance and Art
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Sword Of The Samurai : The Classical Art Of Japanese Swordsmanship
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Geisha
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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The Lone Samurai: The Life Of Miyamoto Musashi
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Die Geisha
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Samurai: An Illustrated History
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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The Last Samurai : The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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The Life of a Geisha
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Geisha : A Living Tradition
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Samurai: The World of the Warrior
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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Geisha : A Unique World of Tradition, Elegance and Art
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samurai
Please see review at Amazon.com |
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