Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Traditional Japanese Flower Knots Hanamusubi Tanaka Toshiko

Title Traditional Japanese Flower Knots Hanamusubi
Author Tanaka Toshiko
Publication Year 1993

Fortunately,it is written both in English and in Japanese.

The English foreword to this book says,"Kyoto Shoin Publishing Co. has asked me to contribute to their project to reproduce and publish selections of works on knots for costumes and for utensils used in Buddhism and Shintoism,as well as on shifuku used in tea ceremony.Sources include Musubi no ki,by Ise teijo,a scholar on the customs and manners of samurai families and on ancient court practices and usages;also Tama no Asobi,written by the artsist Ogawa Kyuho."