Just one of those tangents...

Chung, Young Y. (1979). The Art of Oriental Embroidery. NY: ScribnerDalby, L. (1993). Kimono: Fashioning Culture. Boulder, CO: Avery PressGunsaulus, Helen C. (1941). Japanese Textiles. NY: The Japan Society of New York.

Hempel, R. (1983). The Golden Age of Japan: 794-1192. NY: Rizzol

Hirasawa, Ei. (1993). Kurokami to Kesho no Showa Shi.

Inokuma, Kaneshige. (1963). Kodai no fukushoku. (Clothing and ornament during ancient times) Tokyo: Shibundo

Ishimura, Hayao. (1988). Robes of Elegance. Raleigh, NC

Ito, Toshiko. (1981). Tsujigahana: The Flower of Japanese Textile Art. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd.

Izutsu, Miyakaze. (1983). Nihon josei fukushokushi. (History of the clothing and ornaments worn by Japenese women) Kyoto: Korninsha

**Kawabata, Sanehide. (1971). Yusodi kojitsu zukan. Todyo: Todyoda Shuppan (furnishings, etc.)

Kubo, Fusako. (1972). "Japanese Court Ladies' Formal Costume-Junihitoe." Costume, No. 6, (5-9)

Liddell, J. (1989). The Story of the Kimono. NY: E.P. Dutton

Maeda, Ujo. (1980). "Iro" (color). in Mono to ningen no bunkashi. (cultural history of people and things) Vol. 38, Todyo: Hosei Daigaku

McGann, Kass. (1995). Things to wear: Clothing of the Heian period Japan. The Compleat Anachronist pamphlet series, Vol. 80. Milpitas, CA: Society for Creative Anachronism.

Minnich, Helen with Nomura, Shojiro. (1963). Japanese Costume and the Makers of Its Elegant Tradition. Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co. (a very accessible and easily understood source for the beginner...)

Mizoguchi, Saburo. (1973). Arts of Japan I: Design Motifs. NY and Tokyo: Weatherhill/Shibundo.

Morris, Ivan. (1964). The world of the shining prince. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Murasaki Shikibu. (1976) The Tale of the Genjii. trans. by Edward G. Seidensticker. NY: Alfred A. Knopf

Nomura, Seiroku. (1974). Japanese Costume and Textile Arts. NY and Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha

**Rekisei Fukuso Bijutsu Kenkyukai Ed.: Suzuki Diezo (1965) Nihon no fukuso. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kobunkan (recreations- A REALLY GREAT SOURCE!!!)

Shaver, Ruth M. (1966). Kubuki Costume. Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co. (use with caution... Kubuki costume is exaggerated. More realistic costumes can be found in the Noh theater)

Stinchecum, Amanda (1984). Kosode: 16th-19th Century Textiles From the Nomura Collection. Tokyo: Japan Society and Kodansha International, Ltd.

Takeda Sachiko. (1984). Kodai kokka no deisei to ifukusei. (Clothing regulations and the formation of the ancient state. ) Tokyo: Furukawa Bunko

Tsunoda, Ryusaku and Goodrich, L. (1951). Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories. in Perkins Asieatic Monographs no.2, NY: ???? (SORRY!)

Uemura, Rokuro and Yamazaki, Datshuhiro. (1943). Nihon shikimei taikan. (Encyclopedia of Japanese color terms). Tokyo: Kocho Chorin

Yamanaka, Norio. (1982). The Book of Kimono. Tokyo: Kodansha

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