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The power of the weave : [Book] : the hidden meanings of cloth / Tanaka Yuko ; translated by Geraldine Harcourt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Edition: First English editionDescription: xiii, 222 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9784924971349 (hbk.)
  • 4924971340
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 746.0952
Other classification:
  • 746.0952
Summary: Traditional Japanese clothing has been not merely a consumer good, but a medium that makes us aware of our relationship with nature. In this collection of essays, some written for academic audiences and others published in magazines for the general reader, Professor Tanaka considers the meanings of cloth in an earlier age in traditional societies of South America and Asia, the motifs linking man and nature such as the Tree of Life, the changes in the human relationship with nature and cloth wrought by the Industrial Revolution, and the efforts of Gandhi, William Morris, and, in Japan, Yanagi Muneyoshi to preserve handicrafts.
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 1st Floor 746.0952 YUK-P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 52819
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Translation of: Nuno no chikara : Edo kara ima e.

Traditional Japanese clothing has been not merely a consumer good, but a medium that makes us aware of our relationship with nature. In this collection of essays, some written for academic audiences and others published in magazines for the general reader, Professor Tanaka considers the meanings of cloth in an earlier age in traditional societies of South America and Asia, the motifs linking man and nature such as the Tree of Life, the changes in the human relationship with nature and cloth wrought by the Industrial Revolution, and the efforts of Gandhi, William Morris, and, in Japan, Yanagi Muneyoshi to preserve handicrafts.

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