PUBLIC FASHION LIBRARY

World dress records published with evidence, image rights and correction history.

SOVEREIGN COUNTRYRESEARCH QUEUE

Japan

Research will go beyond the kimono as a single form to include textile craft, status, season, region, export, Western dress and modern design.

CALL NO.
WFD · PLC · JAPAN
FORMAT
COUNTRY GUIDE
UPDATED
2026-08-20
VERIFIED LOOKS
00
CURRENT RANGE
RESEARCH QUEUE
TYPE
SOVEREIGN COUNTRY
People wearing kimono in Kyoto; use, season, place and tourism all belong in the record.Photo: Chad Kainz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsIMAGE SOURCE CC BY 2.0
CLASSIFICATION NOTE

Orientation only; imagery will be used only when rights are verified.

01

Textiles and regions

Indexing material, technique, place of production and use separately.

02

Japanese and Western dress

Treating modernisation as coexistence and reinterpretation, not simple replacement.

03

Japonism

Studying Japanese production and export alongside reception in Europe and America.

MUSEUM & CULTURAL SOURCES

Kyoto Costume Institute — Japonism (opens in a new tab)

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