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JŌDAI-GIRE

7th and 8th Century Textiles in Japan from Shōsō-in and Hōryū-ji


INTRODUCTION:
It is commonly believed that the history of Japanese textile dyeing and weaving began around the 7th or 8th century, due to the existence of a large amount of textile fabrics from the Horyu-ji Temple and the Shōsō-in (other than these two groups, there are only a few textile fragments from this period and earlier). 
The book is divided into seven areas-techniques, patterns, etc.-so that the reader can gain a general overview of the textile dyeing and weaving of the early period in Japan. The book contains about 130 pieces of dyed textiles from Horyuji and Shōsō-in  temples, with illustrations that give the reader a general view of the textiles and many of them are shown in full size so that the reader can see the details of the textile.

Shōsō-in textiles
Shōsō-in textiles is a general term for dyeing and weaving groups around the 8th century that were preserved by the Shōsō-in treasure house at Todaiji Temple in Nara. It is one of the most important relics of ancient Japanese sophisticated textile, with a magnificent amount of about 180,000 including small pieces. Of course, there are many plain silk and ramie fabrics, but the value of Shōsō-in collection lies in the wide variety of elaborately patterned woven and dyed pieces. Their main history is related to the emperor at that time and to the consecrating ceremony for the Great Buddha at Todaiji in the 4th year of Tempyo-Shoho.
It should be noted that it is more gorgeous than the sophisticated textile of the previous era, and it has a wide variety of woven fabrics and pattern dyeing. Shōsō-in textiles show that Japanese dyeing and weaving culture has been arranged and developed in a Japanese style while incorporating Tang culture.


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All content is in English and Japanese.

Softcover (French flaps), 251 pages

Size: approx 221 X 297 X 20mm (8.7 X 11.7 X 0.8 inches) 

Weight: approx 1390g





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