Taishō kimono
Subtitle: speaking of past and present
By: Jan Dees ; photography by Michiel Elsevier Stokmans
Contributors: Stokmans, Michiel Elsevier; Kunsthal Rotterdam
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Skira; Distributed in North America by Rizzoli International Publications; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milan; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9788857200118
Subjects: Kimonos; Exhibitions; Clothing and dress; History
Description: Showcases and analyzes a private collection of 130 kimonos made for men, women, and children between 1900 and 1940, evaluating the historical and cultural factors that have inspired their designs, in a volume that features three hundred commissioned photographs.
Notes: Published to accompany the exhibition held at Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Mar. 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-286) and index.