The Shishu Ladies of Hilo: Japanese Embroidery in Hawai`i 9780824865030

A carefully documented and illustrated account of the stitching community on the Big Island of Hawai'i from the mid

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Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Part I. The Hilo Shishü
1. Gathering the Threads
2. The Hilo Shishü Community
3. Old Ways Done Differently
Part II. Threads from the Past
4. An Enduring Partnership
5. Life Was Hard!
6. “Great Were the Ladies of Meiji!”
Part III. From Design to Stitched Art
7. Design for Needle and Thread
8. Thread into Art
9. The Shishü Experience
Appendix A. A Short History of Shishü in Japan
Appendix B. Roster of the Shishu Ladies
Appendix C. Notes
Bibliography

The Shishu Ladies of Hilo: Japanese Embroidery in Hawai`i
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