Washington D.C. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Oxford Press, 1990. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution magazine publication by Oxford Press. Includes the article "A Common Thread: Japanese Ikat Textiles" by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum with 19 color plates and "Japanese Ceramics and Cuisine" by Louise Allison Cort. More
![Aus dem Land der aufgehenden Sonne. Japanische Textilien aus der Sammlung des Deutschen Textilmuseums Krefeld [From the Land of the Rising Sun. Japanese Textiles from the Collection of the Textile Museum Krefeld]](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS009153I.JPG?v=1434447257)
Krefeld: Deutschen Textilmuseums Krefeld, 2004. 12 color plates. Exhibition pamphlet of Japanese costumes and other textiles from the Deutschen Textilmuseums Krefeld. German text. More
Tokyo: Imperial Household Museum, 1927-1929. 190 textile fragments on 114 color halftone plates (6 of them double), 5 supplementary collotypes. Textiles chiefly from the Shosoin Collection, some from the Imperial Household Museum and some originally from the Horyuji Collection. Introductions and notes by Kiyoshi Inouye (Japanese), and by Jiro Harada (English). More
Tokyo: Imperial Household Museum, 1927-1929. 190 textile fragments on 114 color halftone plates (6 of them double), 5 supplementary collotypes. Textiles chiefly from the Shosoin Collection, some from the Imperial Household Museum and some originally from the Horyuji Collection. Introductions and notes by Kiyoshi Inouye (Japanese), and by Jiro Harada (English). More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1959. Feature articles on Japanese costume, "An Aristocracy of Robes" by Alan Priest and "Four Hundred Winters ... Four Hundred Springs ... " by Jean E. Mailey with 1 color plate and 17 black and white illustrations. More
Nishimiya: Okayama Art Museum, 1981. 37 color plates 61 black and white. Exhibition catalog of Noh costumes from the Momoyama period (1568-1600) to the Edo period (1603-1867) on display at the Nishimiya City Ohtani Memorial Art Museum from November 22-December 20, 1981. Japanese text. More
![Sotsu Jyu Kinen Some Irodori Minagawa Gekka Ten [The Art of Dyeing: Exhibition in Celebration of the 90th Birthday of Minagawa Gekka]](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS009199I.JPG?v=1434447263)
Osaka: Asahi Shimbun, 1982. 87 color plates. Traveling exhibition of the works of Minagawa Gekka (1892-1987) in honor of his 90th birthday. Minagawa is perhaps Japan's best known 20th century textile artist and dyer known for his large woven banners for public buildings and sacred architecture and also his high-end... More
Kyoto: Happodo Art Publisher, October 1977. 17 color plates 162 black and white. "Design Life" magazine featuring traditional and contemporary Japanese fabric design. More
Los Angeles: LACMA, 1980. 8 black and white figures. Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition pamphlet. More
Everson, WA: Kakishibui, 2008 (2016). 53 color plates 63 black and white. Third revised printing. "The only comprehensive guide to kakishibu in English. Discover this traditional natural dye from Japan. Learn how to use kakishibu on yarn, cloth, washi and wood. Explore adaptations of surface design techniques such as katazome... More
Riverside, CA: Riverside Museum Press, 1997. 37 color plates 4 black and white. Riverside Municipal Museum and Mingei International Museum exhibition catalog of this celebrated textile artist. More
Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin Co. , Ltd. 1993. 89 color plates. Great color and detail images of modern Japanese textiles from from Japanese museum collections. Kyoto Shoin's Art Library of Japanese Textiles #17. Japanese-English text. More
Los Angeles: Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1995. 15 color plates, 15 black and white. Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum exhibition catalog of Okinawan textiles. Organized in cooperation with the Okinawa Prefectural Museum. With an essay by Ichiko Yonamine. More
(San Francisco): Gump's, (1980s?). 16 black and white line drawings. Brochure from this famed San Francisco store on kimono history, knotting, dyeing and folding. More
Paris and Tokyo: Bulletin de la Maison Franco-Japonaise, 1941. 7 color plates 84 black and white. "Japanese Tapestries and Silks: Contribution to the study of the aesthetics and decoration of fashioned silks and tapestries of the Tokugawa Period". Study of the silk trade and the Japanese textiles of the Tokugawa... More
Kyoto: Nippan, 1987. 189 color plates. The Sasakura collection of traditional freehand paste-resist indigo dyeing technique of auspicious motifs on textiles. More
Hiratsuka: Hiratsuka-shi Bijutsukan, 2001. 81 color plates 162 black and white. Hiratsuka City Museum exhibition catalog of Kosode robes, including those mounted on screens. With drawings reproduced from old pattern books of Kosode designs. Essays discuss Kosode as depicted in early paintings. Japanese text with English plate captions. More
Japan: Japan Society, 1976. 43 color plates. Japan House Gallery exhibition catalog. More
Fukuoka: Fukuoka Art Museum, 2011. Exhibition catalog of 70 works of tsutsugaki (tube-drawing) textiles from the Edo period to before World War II which covers a range from ceremonial to every-day use. Fully illustrated in color. English/Japanese text. More
Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2015. Meisen silk was produced in Japan from the late nineteenth century and became particularly popular between 1910 and 1940. Meisen was an innovative, quick and cost-effective dye and weaving method with the effect of labor-intensive and multicolored traditional kasuri ikat fabric. The meisen kimonos that were... More
Osaka: Japan Color Design Center, 1959,1960,1961. 165 color plates, almost 1000 black and white. Volume 1: Designs Composed Mainly in Free Style; Volume 2: Design Composed Mainly in Geometric Arrangement; Volume 3: Designs of Ryukyu, Ainu and Foreign Textiles. More
Osaka: Japan Textile Color Design Center, 1960. 76 color plates 675 black and white. More
Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin Co. , Ltd. 1994. 91 color plates. Great color and detail images of Japanese stencil-dyeing with examples from Japanese museum collections. Kyoto Shoin's Art Library of Japanese Textiles #15. Japanese-English text. More
Tokyo: The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, 1962. 11 color plates 22 black and white. Traditionally bound with hand made and dyed rice-paper cover. Includes chapters on traditional Japanese dye plants. More
