Kimono as Art

by Gluckman, Dale Carolyn

• ISBN13: 9780500976852
• ISBN10: 0500976856
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-27
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Summary

This lavishly illustrated book showcases fifty-five masterworks by Japanese kimono artist Itchiku Kubota (1917'2003). Kubota's unique method of decoration combines stitch-resist and ink drawing with complex colourlayering techniques to achieve hauntingly beautiful landscapes with richly textured surfaces and an impressionistic rendering of nature never before seen in the textile arts. Here his series of monumental kimono reveal an entirely new approach that elevates the work to installation art. This landmark publication is guaranteed to appeal to anyone interested in art, craft, textiles or the Far East.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Acknowledgments	p. 8
Chronology of Japanese Art Historical Periods	p. 9
Homage to my Father	p. 10
Visions of the Itchiku Kubota Art Museum: an Interview with Satoshi Kubota	p. 12
The Kimono Redefined: Tradition and Innovation in the Art of Itchiku Kubota	p. 16
Kubota as Imagist: Reinventing Pictoral
Icons in Kimono From	p. 26
Symphony of Light	p. 38
Cat. Nos. 1-40	p. 40
Mount Fuji	p. 120
Cat. Nos 41-45	p. 122
Individual Works	p. 132
Cat. Nos. 46-55
List of Works	p. 148
Biography of Itchiku Kubota	p. 150
Overview of the Basic Production Techniques of Itchiku Kubota	p. 152
Notes	p. 154
Glossary of Terms	p. 156
Bibliography	p. 159
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