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Textiles of Japan

Textiles of Japan

$99.00 at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

by Thomas Murray (Author), Virginia Soenksen (Author), Anna Jackson (Author) Textiles are an eloquent form of cultural expression and of great importance in the daily life of a people, as well as in their rituals and ceremonies. The traditional clothing and fabrics featured in this book were made and used in the islands of the Japanese archipelago between the late 18th and the mid 20th century. The Thomas Murray collection featured in this book includes daily dress, work-wear, and festival garb and follows…