Table of Contents

Foreword, Tristram Hunt Introduction: Kimono, Kyoto to Catwalk, Anna Jackson Kimono in Japan Status, Style and Seduction, Anna Jackson Creation and Commerce, Anna Jackson and Iwao Nagasaki Clothed in Splendour: Bridal Kimono from the Edo Period to the Present Day, Masami Yamada Picturing Fashion in Edo-Period Japan, Masami Yamada Fashion for the Foreign A Taste for the Exotic: Foreign Textiles and Japanese Dress, Anna Jackson The 'Nippon Kimono' Voyages to Europe, Yuzuruha Oyama Interwoven Gowns: A Tale of Global Trade, Ariane Fennetaux Geographically Confused, but Familiarly Exotic: The Influence of Kimono in Seventeenth-Century England, Susan North Shifting Styles Fashioning Modernity in Japan, Anna Jackson The 'Kimono Craze': From Exoticism to Fashionability, Elizabeth Kramer and Akiko Savas Picturing Kimono in Britain, Europe and America, Elizabeth Kramer Radical Restructure: The Impact of Kimono, Akiko Fukai Kimono as Costume Kimono Codified: Uniform for the Nation, Josephine Rout Geisha: Perpetuating the Kimono Mystique, Lesley Downer Kimono Rental, Tourism and Sartorial Expression, Elizabeth Kramer Behind the Screen: Kimono as Costume, Josephine Rout Kimono Reinvention Kimono Reborn, Rupert Faulkner Moriguchi Kunihiko, Anna Jackson Kikuchi Nobuko: Stylish Rebellion, Kohka Yoshimura Kimono Transformation Kimono Dreams, Claire Wilcox Statement Piece: The Kimono Jacket Trend, Elizabeth Kramer Kimono Revolution, Sheila Cliffe Jotaro Saito, Anna Jackson From Edo to Instagram: Japanese Fashion, Josephine Rout

Promotional Information

The kimono is the ultimate symbol of Japan, revered within the country as the embodiment of national culture and regarded internationally as an exotic fascination.

About the Author

Anna Jackson is the Keeper of the Asian Department at the V&A.

Reviews

The ground covered in the book and accompanying exhibition is vast: rich food for thought and glorious artistry to admire. Hettie Judah, iNews, 27th April 2020
Starred Review, Library Journal, Lindsay King, October 11th 2021
Selected as one of the Asian Art Newspaper's books of the year, 2020
This book would be a cherished gift to a reader who has an interest in fashion history, Vanessa Recine, The Journal of Dress History, Volume 5, Issue 5, Late Autumn 2021