Ladies's Costumes in The Japanese Imperial Court

Title Ladies's Costumes in The Japanese Imperial Court
Publication Year 1977
Original retail price is approx $700.

There is a description in English at last of this book saying;



'The primary purpose of this volume is to make known widely, through color photos of specimens surviving from the Pre-modern age, the historical development and actual aspects of ladies' court costume of Japan which heretofore have not been known well by the Japanese people.


Court costume was worn in Japan since about the beginning of the 5th century. The earliest one was after the style of clothing of the mounted nomads in the western part of the Asistic Continent, introduced here by way of the Korean Peninsula'...

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Deluxe Floral Chronicle Traditional Japanese Design Collection

Title Floral Chronicle

Publication Year 1978

This is a deluxe Japanese design collection,which includes Floral designs for Embroidery works.It is composed of 2 volumes and a very large one. Size approx 40cm*53cm

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Special Exhibition Japanese Armor

Title Special Exhibition Japanese Armor

Publixcation Year 1987

The English foreword to this book says,"From ancient times we have used the term armor to denote a helmet and a body protector as a set.Armor as a type of arms used primarily for self-defense has been worn by various tribes from all over the world.In its material,form and function,however,it varies dramaticall,reflecting differences among cultures.Japanese armor is characterized not only by its functional utility,but also by its rich variety of decorative designs.

This exhibition consists of selevted masterpices of armor from the Kofun through Edo periods,with emphasis on the unique characteristics of Japanese armor."

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Leonard Foujita Fujita Tsuguharu by Jean Selz

Title Leonard Foujita(Fujita Tsuguharu) by Jean Selz

Publication Year 1981

This book is written in English and the foreword to this book says,"Foujita was the first Asian to become a full member of the Parisian school.He spent thirty five years of his life in France,acquiring citizenship in 1955,his major paintings were produced in paris,and it was there that he became famous.

Jean Selzmwho is already familiar to readers of this series ,brings to this book not only his expertise as an art historian,but also a storong personal affection for the artsist.He was a close friend to Foujita and was able to follow his work for a great many years.

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Zukai Hiketsu Jujutsu Gekiken Dokushuho 1894

Title Jujutsu Gekiken Dokushuho

Publication Year 1894

Author Yokono Shizuji

This is a vintage Jujutsu teach-yourself book and as tilte says,includes many illustrations.You can learn a lot about Japanese old martial arts.It was published in 1894(117 years ago)

This book is divided into the following prts.

1Jujutsu 2Kenjusu 3Kyujutsu 4 Jyujutsu

He has published another Jujutsu book entitled Hiden Jujutsu Kito Yushin in 1892.

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The world of Shuriken Ikuken Shiragami

Title The world of Shuriken

Author Ikuken Shiragami

Publication year 1978(Showa 53)

The postscript to this book says,"The outline of this book owes to instructions from Kanji Naruse sensei and especially regarding historical parts of this book,it owes a great deal to "Shuriken" from Seiko Fujita sensei,who is the founder of Shingetsu-ryu Shuriken jutsu"

According to this book,Ikuken Siragami learned Shuriken under Naruse Kanji.Not only this book but also Shuriken by Naruse Kanji would be great ref materials if you are interested in Shuriken.

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Eri Sayoko Kirikane World Brilliance and Romance of Gold Leaf

Title Brilliance and Romance of Gold Leaf Sayoko Eri Kirikane World

Publication Year 2005

This is a rare exhibiton catalogue of Eri Sayoko,Japanese Living national Treasure.Fortunately,it is written both in Japanese and in English.

The English foreword to this book says,"Sayoko Eri was born in kyoto in 1945.After learning Japanese painting at school,she married a buddhist sculptor,Kosei Eri.She began making Kirinkane embelishments for the Buddhist images created by her husband and gradually expanded the range of her Kirikane artwork to include original works created to bring many people in contact with the beauty of Kirikane."

What is Kirikane?

The technique of Kirikane ,which developed as part of Buddhism art,is also know as Hosokane.Several fine,thin sheets of gold foil are placed on top of one another and stuck together by heat into a thicker sheet.It is cut on top of a piece of buck skin with a bamboo knife into fine strips or into pieces of round ,diamond or triangular shape.These gold strips and pices are glued on to describe various patterns and designs by using a brush tip.

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