Lecture: 20th-Century Kimono and Textile Design (Andrea Aranow and John Resig)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvDgtEKbEBM In this January 11, 2018, conversation, noted textile expert Andrea Aranow of Textile Hive and JASA board member John Resig screen images of modern kimono from late Meiji through mid-Showa and hand-painted, life-size zuan produced for cloth to be colored using the figurative technique of yuzen and kata-yuzen. They look at the fascinating story of how tastes changed during the first six decades of…

JASA Welcomes Your Donations

As the Year of the Dog scampers to a close, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to JASA in 2018! Image shown: Puppies among Bamboo in the Snow, 1784. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund (M.58.9.1-.2). Photo (detail) © Museum Associates/LACMA.