Search Results - "Edo period"

Japanese costume and the makers of its elegant tradition by Minnich, Helen Benton

Table of Contents: “…Background for a picture -- The legendary period -- Asuka -- Nara -- Heian-Fujiwara -- Kamakura -- Ashikaga-Muromachi -- Azuchi-Momoyama -- Early Tokugawa -- Yuzen-Zome -- Genroku and Late Edo -- Meiji to modern -- Comparative chronology -- "Brocade" explained -- Color and design in the Edo Period -- A digest of costume details -- The evolution of the Obi.…”

Steeped in history: the art of tea

Table of Contents: “…Graham -- The sacred and the profane: the role of women in Edo Period tea culture / Reiko Tanimura -- pt. 3. The tea craze in the west / Beatrice Hohenegger -- Tea and the middle class / Woodruff D. …”