The Shishu Ladies of Hilo : Japanese Embroidery in Hawai`i /

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A carefully documented and illustrated account of the stitching community on the Big Island of Hawai'i from the mid 1930s to the late 1960s. This award-winning book traces the teaching of shishu (Japanese embroidery) in Hawai'i and describes in detail the modifications made to traditional...

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Autores principales: Nunes, Shiho S. (Autor), Nunes-Atabaki, Sara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1999]
Colección:Extraordinary Lives: The Experience of Hawaii Nisei
Temas:
Embroidery > Japan.
Japanese American women > Hawaii > Social conditions.
Women artisans > Hawaii > Case studies.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Needlework / Embroidery.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Conventions
  • Part I. The Hilo Shishü
  • 1. Gathering the Threads
  • 2. The Hilo Shishü Community
  • 3. Old Ways Done Differently
  • Part II. Threads from the Past
  • 4. An Enduring Partnership
  • 5. Life Was Hard!
  • 6. "Great Were the Ladies of Meiji!"
  • Part III. From Design to Stitched Art
  • 7. Design for Needle and Thread
  • 8. Thread into Art
  • 9. The Shishü Experience
  • Appendix A. A Short History of Shishü in Japan
  • Appendix B. Roster of the Shishu Ladies
  • Appendix C. Notes
  • Bibliography

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