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Japanese Fishermen's Coats from Awaji Island (Ucla Fowler Museum of Cultural History Textile Series, No. 5)
Japanese Fishermen's Coats from Awaji Island - Ucla Fowler Museum of Cultural History Textile Series, No. 5 Author:Luke Shepherd Roberts, Sharon Sadako Takeda A lasting contribution to the study of Japanese textiles and to the cultural history of the Inland Sea region, this volume presents a historical ethnography of the fishing villages that produced the sashiko no donza, or fishermanís coat. It provides as well an in-depth analysis of regional textile production, the sashiko tradition in the village... more » of Hokudan, and the iconography of the eloquently stitched designs that appear on the coats.« less