Kimono: the art and evolution of Japanese fashion: the Khalili collections / edited by Anna Jackson with additional texts by Nagasaki Iwao, Timon Screech, Christine M.E. Guth and Kendall H. Brown

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 319 pages: illustrations (chiefly colour); 31 cm. Contents: Preface / David Khalili -- Introduction: Clad in the aesthetics of tradition: from kosode to kimono / Nagasaki Iwao -- I. Edo (1603-1868): Governing, spending and wearing in the Edo period / Timon Screech -- Dress in the Edo period: the evolution of fashion / Anna Jackson -- II. Meiji (1868-1912): The Meiji era: the ambiguities of modernization / Christine M.E. Guth -- Dress in the Meiji period: change and continuity / Anna Jackson -- III. Taish and early Sh wa (1912-1950): Delirious Japan: culture and art in the Taish and early Sh wa periods / Kendall H. Brown -- Dress in the Taish and early Sh wa periods: traditions transformed / Anna Jackson. Subjects: Khalili, Nasser D. Art collections. Khalili, Nasser D Art collections. Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art. Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Kimono. Kimonos Pattern design. Kimonos History; Catalogues. Costume History Japan; Catalogues. Kimonos Japan History. Kimonos Pattern design Japan History. Kimonos Private collections; Pictorial works. Genre: Catalogue. History. Illustrated.