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The makers of obi, the elegant and costly sash worn over kimono in Japan, belong to an endangered species. Tamara Hareven integrates historical research with intensive life history interviews to reveal the relationships among family, work, and community in this highly specialized occupation.

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"Hareven vividly andpersuasively describes the family-based silk weaving industry in Kyoto, which has been in the process of change since the end of the nineteenth century. She throws light on the innermost layer of Japanese human relations and therefore the Japanese way of feeling, thinking and evaluation, to an extent that few existing Japanese studies have attained." - Kiyomi Morioka, Seijo University, Tokyo

The Silk Weavers of Kyoto

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/01/2003
      ISBN13: 9780520228184, 978-0520228184
      ISBN10: 0520228189

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The makers of obi, the elegant and costly sash worn over kimono in Japan, belong to an endangered species. Tamara Hareven integrates historical research with intensive life history interviews to reveal the relationships among family, work, and community in this highly specialized occupation.

      Trade Review
      "Hareven vividly andpersuasively describes the family-based silk weaving industry in Kyoto, which has been in the process of change since the end of the nineteenth century. She throws light on the innermost layer of Japanese human relations and therefore the Japanese way of feeling, thinking and evaluation, to an extent that few existing Japanese studies have attained." - Kiyomi Morioka, Seijo University, Tokyo

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