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A Resource Bibliography
Aikawa Kayoko. "The Story of Kimono" in Atsushi Ueda, ed., The Electric Geisha: Exploring Japan's Popular Culture. New York: Kodansha International, 1994, pages 106 - 115.
A brief illustrated history of costume in Japan.
Dalby, Liza Crichfield. Kimono: Fashioning Culture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.
A detailed and profusely illustrated discussion of the historical evolution of the kimono and its varied meanings over time in traditional and modern Japanese life.Gluckman, Dale Carolyn and Sharon Sadako Takeda, eds. When Art Became Fashion: Kosode in Edo-Period Japan. New York: Weatherhill, 1992.
A museum exhibition catalog highlighting the kosode as the predessesor of the modern kimono.Edwards, Walter. Modern Japan Through Its Weddings: Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1989.
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