Shibori
Subtitle: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: October 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9784770023995
Subjects: Textile arts; Dye; Crafts / Hobbies; Crafts & Hobbies; Hobbies/Crafts; Japan; Art / Design / Textile & Costume
First sentence: In A.D. 749 Emperor Shomu proceeded in state to Todai-ji, the great Buddhist temple in Nara, to celebrate the completion of its enormous bronze image of Buddha and the fortuitous discovery in a remote part of Japan of gold, needed to coat the figure itself and the large bronze lotus upon which it is seated.