| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 346 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332) and index. |
| Summary |
Readers can learn firsthand how weavers perceive their craft and how they interpret their lives and view the world around them. With rare immediacy, this text captures a way of life that is repidly disappearing. |
| Contents |
Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. From Amoskeag to Nishijin; 2. A World within a World; 3. Family Business, Cottage Industry; 4. Family Work in Household Production; 5. The Mentality and Identity of the Nishijin Craftspeople; Mr. Yamaguchi: Manufacturer and Creator of The Tale of Genji on Handwoven Scrolls; Mrs. Shibagaki: Artistic Handloom Weaver; Mrs. Fuwa: Artistic Handloom Weaver; Mrs. Fujiwara, Mr. Fujiwara, and Mr. Nishitani: Handloom Weavers; Mr. and Mrs. Konishi: Handloom Weavers; Mr. and Mrs. Shibagaki: Two Generations of Handloom Weavers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Weavers -- Japan -- Kyoto.
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Weavers. |
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Japan -- Kyoto. |
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Silk weaving -- Japan -- Kyoto.
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Silk weaving. |
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Silk industry -- Japan -- Kyoto.
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Silk industry. |
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Work and family -- Japan -- Kyoto.
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Work and family. |
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Nishijin (Kyoto, Japan)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hareven, Tamara K. Silk weavers of Kyoto. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2002 0520228170 (DLC) 2002068457 (OCoLC)49679503 |
| ISBN |
9780520935761 (electronic book) |
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0520935764 (electronic book) |
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1597348996 |
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9781597348997 |
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1282359479 |
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9781282359475 |
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0520228170 |
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9780520228177 |
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0520228189 |
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9780520228184 |
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