This captivating volume focuses on the traditional clothing and fabrics crafted and used in Japan between the late 18th and the mid-20th centuries. Following the arts and crafts philosophy of the Mingei movement, the Thomas Murray collection featured in this book includes daily dress, workwear and festival garb.

• Featured textiles include subtly patterned fabrics from Honshu and Kyushu, graphic cloths of the aboriginal Ainu in Hokkaido and Sakhalin, and the colorful kimonos of Okinawa.
• Contains over 100 photographs.
• Written by Thomas Murray, Virginia Soenksen and Anna Jackson.
• Hardcover, 520 pages.