Japanese Fishermen's Coats from Awaji Island

by Luke Shepherd Roberts, Sharon Sadako Takeda, Luke S. Roberts

Book Overview

A lasting contribution to the study of Japanese textiles and to the cultural history of the Inland Sea region, this volume presents a historical ethnography of the fishing villages that produced the sashiko no donza, or fisherman's coat. It provides as well an in-depth analysis of regional textile production, the sashiko tradition in the village of Hokudan, and the iconography of the eloquently stitched designs that appear on the coats.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930741862
• ISBN13: 9780930741860
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Fowler Museum at UCLA
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.1" x 12.1"