The Silk Weavers Of Kyoto Family and Work in a Changing Traditional Industry

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. New with No dust jacket as issued. 2002. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. 0520228170 . Cover is red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Illustrated with 4 maps and 29 b/w figures; 9 tables. Printed on acid free paper. "This book addresses key issues that have preoccupied historians, anthropologists, and sociologists over several decades concerning the interrelationships between family and work. As a case study, it examines the lives of the craftspeople and manufactureres who produce a luxury silk textile--the OBI (sash) worn over the KIMONO--in Kyoto's traditional weaving district....I have pursued questions relating to this topic since the late 1960s...This book examines patterns of family and work in Nishijin as they have changed over this past century". Sections are: Family, Work and the Division of Labor in Nishijin: A Historical Analysis; The Nishijin People's Own Stories; Conclusion; Appendix; Glossary; bibliography, index. Fascinating look at a more and more esoteric craft and the way of life that accompanies it. Silk, you can never have enough of it in your life, and these artisans make it even more clear as to how and why that is. ; B&W Photographs & Maps; 6 x 9 1/4; xxv, 346 pages; Cover has very minor rubbing; no DJ as issued. .