Reading List
Aside from titles we are offering at our Bookstore on this site, here are some essential books that will enrich your understanding of the textiles shown on this site:
JAPAN
Bird, Isabella. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, San Francisco, Travelers' Tales, Inc., 2000
Brandon, Reiko Mochinaga. Country Textiles of Japan: The Art of Tsutsugaki, Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1986
Dalby, Liza. Kimono: Fashioning Culture, Seattle:
University of Washington Press, 2001
Durston, Diane. Wabi Sabi: The Art of Everyday Life, Storey Publishing, LLC, 2006
Hamilton, Roy W. and Milgram, B. Lynne, editors. Material Choices: Refashioning Bast and Leaf Fibers in Asia and the Pacific,Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2007
Jackson, Anna. Japanese Country Textiles, New York and Tokyo, Weatherhill, 1997
Katoh, Amy. Japan Country Living: Spirit, Tradition, Style, Rutland Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, Charles E. Tuttle Company
Koide, Yukiko and Tsuzuki, Kyoichi Boro: Rags and Tatters from the Far North of Japan, Tokyo, Aspect, 2008
Miyamoto, Tsuneichi. The Forgotten Japanese: Encounters with Rural Life and Folklore, Berkeley, Stone Bridge Press, 2010
Nakano, Eisha with Stephan, Barbara B. Japanese Stencil Dyeing: Past-Resist Techniques, New York and Tokyo, Weatherhill, 1982
Rathburn, William (editor). Beyond the Tanabata Bridge: Traditional Japanese Textiles, Thames and Hudson/ Seattle Art Museum, 1993
Takeda, Sharon Sadako & Roberts, Luke. Japanese Fisherman's Coats from Awaji Island, Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History
Tomita, Jun and Noriko. Japanese Ikat Weaving: The Techniques of Kasuri, London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982
Wada, Rice, Barton. Shibori: The inventive Art of Japanese Shape Resist Dyeing, Tokyo, New York, London, Kodansha International, 1983, 1999
Williams, Dai and Yoshida, Shin-Ichiro. Riches from Rags: Saki-ori & Other Recycling Traditions in Japanese Rural Clothing, San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, 1994
INDIA
Balfour-Paul, Jenny. Indigo, London: British Museum Press, 1998
Gillow, John and Barnard, Nicholas. Traditional Indian Textiles, New York: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1991
Guy, John. Woven Cargoes: Indian Textiles in the East, New York: Thames and Hudson, Ltd. 1991
Kinsley, David. Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986.
Lynton, Linda. The Sari: Styles, Patterns, History, Techniques, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1995
Mason, Darieele (editor). Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal, Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2009
Stoddard, Patricia Ormsby. Ralli Quilts: Traditional Textiles from Pakistan and India, Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2003
Tarlo, Emma. Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996