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Article: Art into fashion? (exhibition of Japanese textile art at the Los Angeles County Museum from November 12, 1992 to February 7, 1993; California)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- July 1, 1993
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Last fall, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opened the most extensive exhibition of Japanese textile art ever held in this country, probably the largest ever held outside of Japan. It focused on kosode, an early form of the garment that is today known as Kimono. "When Art Became Fashion: Kosode in Edo-Period Japan" [Nov. 12, 1992-Feb. 7, 1993] reflected a span of Japanese history when, for the first time, textile designers and makers sought to capture the attention (and purses) of potential patrons with frequent changes in the design and color of garments. Throughout nearly three centuries of prosperity and the waning of military influence and shogunal oppression of ...
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