The Stories Clothes Tell: Voices of Working Class Japan 1442265094, 9781442265097
Spanning decades of research, this compelling social history tells the stories of ordinary people in modern Japan. Tatsu
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English Pages 206 Year 2016
Table of contents :
List of Illustrations vii
Notes to the Reader ix
Timeline xi
Maps xiii
Introduction by Rieko Wagoner xv
1 Kasuri Mattress Cover from Home 1
2 Koshimaki Petticoat of Eighty-Three Patches 5
3 Echigo-jishi Costume for Boy Dancer 9
4 How Many Diapers? 15
5 Two Hanten Field Jackets 21
6 Okiboda, the Pride of Women 25
7 My Teacher’s Sunday Best 29
8 A Weighty Quilt 33
9 Life with a Mosquito Net 39
10 A Bed of Wood Shavings 43
11 The Meisen the Girl Could Not Wear 47
12 Dead Horse 51
13 Female Coal Miners 53
14 Aunties and Uncles 61
15 Rich and Poor 65
16 A Beggar Girl 69
17 Noble-Minded Ladies 73
18 A Gown of Leaves for the Dead 79
19 Katatsuke-gasuri 83
20 A Lady in a Dilapidated Mansion 89
21 Female Workers in Textile Mills 93
22 Forbidden Tears 97
23 The Thousand-Stitch Waistband 101
24 The Rising Sun Kimono That She Wore 105
25 Gifts from My Mother 109
26 Akemi’s Song 115
27 Military Uniforms and Shoes 121
28 What Mompe Trousers Symbolized 129
29 A White Chima Jeogori 133
30 Sarasa Print Bed Quilt 137
31 Hanten Story 141
Afterword 157
Acknowledgments 161
Glossary of Clothing Terms 163
Selected Bibliography 169
Index 173
About the Author 179
List of Illustrations vii
Notes to the Reader ix
Timeline xi
Maps xiii
Introduction by Rieko Wagoner xv
1 Kasuri Mattress Cover from Home 1
2 Koshimaki Petticoat of Eighty-Three Patches 5
3 Echigo-jishi Costume for Boy Dancer 9
4 How Many Diapers? 15
5 Two Hanten Field Jackets 21
6 Okiboda, the Pride of Women 25
7 My Teacher’s Sunday Best 29
8 A Weighty Quilt 33
9 Life with a Mosquito Net 39
10 A Bed of Wood Shavings 43
11 The Meisen the Girl Could Not Wear 47
12 Dead Horse 51
13 Female Coal Miners 53
14 Aunties and Uncles 61
15 Rich and Poor 65
16 A Beggar Girl 69
17 Noble-Minded Ladies 73
18 A Gown of Leaves for the Dead 79
19 Katatsuke-gasuri 83
20 A Lady in a Dilapidated Mansion 89
21 Female Workers in Textile Mills 93
22 Forbidden Tears 97
23 The Thousand-Stitch Waistband 101
24 The Rising Sun Kimono That She Wore 105
25 Gifts from My Mother 109
26 Akemi’s Song 115
27 Military Uniforms and Shoes 121
28 What Mompe Trousers Symbolized 129
29 A White Chima Jeogori 133
30 Sarasa Print Bed Quilt 137
31 Hanten Story 141
Afterword 157
Acknowledgments 161
Glossary of Clothing Terms 163
Selected Bibliography 169
Index 173
About the Author 179
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- Horikiri Tatsuichi
- Rieko Wagoner (translation)
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