Research Catalog

Title

Kimono style : Edo traditions to modern design : the John C. Weber collection / Monika Bincsik ; with contributions by Karen van Godtsenhoven, Arai Masanao.

Author

Weber, John, 1938-

Publication

• New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2022]
• New Haven : Yale University Press
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bincsik, Mónika
• Godtsenhoven, Karen van
• Masanao, Arai
• Kamiya, Kristine M.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Description

175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

"The untold modern history of the Japanese kimono and its dynamic relationship to Western culture.Japan's engagement with Western clothing, culture, and art in the mid-nineteenth century transformed the traditional kimono and began a cross-cultural sartorial dialogue that continues to this day. This publication explores the kimono's fascinating modern history and its notable influence on Western fashion. Initially signaling the wearer's social position, marital status, age, and wealth, older kimono designs gave way to the demands of modernized and democratized twentieth-century lifestyles as well as the preferences of the emancipated 'new woman.' Conversely, inspiration from the kimono's silhouette liberated Western designers such as Paul Poiret and Madeline Vionnet from traditional European tailoring. Juxtaposing never-before-published Japanese textiles from the John C. Weber Collection with Western couture, this book places the kimono on the stage of global fashion history."--Front cover flap.

Subject

• Weber, John, 1938- > Art collections > Exhibitions
• Kimonos > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions
• Kimonos > History > Exhibitions
• Textile design > Japan > History > Exhibitions
• Kimonos > Influence
• Clothing and dress > Japan > Influence
• Art > Private collections
• Kimonos
• Kimonos > Private collections
• Textile design
• Clothing
• Gender expression
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Clothing and dress
• Japan
• United States

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• History.

Note

• "This catalogue is published in conjunction with Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from June 7, 2022, through February 20, 2023"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index

Contents

Directors' foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Japanese fashion : from Edo to the modern era / Monika Bincsik -- The tiger's leap : kimonos and couture / Karen van Godtsenhoven -- Meisen and Omeshi : kimonos for the masses / Arai Masanao -- Theatrical costumes -- Warriors and firefighters -- Edo fashions -- Modern kimonos -- Textiles and techniques in the Weber collection / Kristine M. Kamiya -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index

Call Number

JQF 23-25

ISBN

• 9781588397522
• 1588397521

OCLC

1311536402

Author

Weber, John, 1938- owner.

Title

Kimono style : Edo traditions to modern design : the John C. Weber collection / Monika Bincsik ; with contributions by Karen van Godtsenhoven, Arai Masanao.

Publisher

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2022]

Distributor

New Haven : Yale University Press

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index

Added Author

Bincsik, Mónika, author.

Godtsenhoven, Karen van, contributor.

Masanao, Arai, contributor.

Kamiya, Kristine M., contributor.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-25