Photo World's Beautiful Dyeing and Weaving / Takumi 藝舎

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[Introduction to Contents]
This book introduces 450 pieces of cloth from African, Central and South American, and Asian countries that have been used to decorate the turning points of people's lives, such as clothes, bedding, tools for regious rites, decorations, betrothal gifts, funerals, etc., together with textile arts techniques and cultural backgrounds. Many of them have disappeared from the creators, and it is also a valuable book for cultural anthropological.
Contents
Chapter 1 : Latin American Japanese folk crafts and Weaving
Chapter 2 : African Dyeing and Weaving
Chapter 3 : Asian Dyeing and Weaving
[Author's brief history]
They collect, sell, and provide collections from all over the world that have been created and passed down through life such as climate, culture and lifestyle. They always stock tens of thousands of items. In the past, they cooperated with collections by Shoji Hamada and Keisuke Serizawa, and now they are responsible for many Mingei collections at museums and art museums all over Japan.