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This book describes the little known world of Japanese women managers. Though largely unrecognized, women in Japan are moving into management positions in incre
The Social Life of Kimono
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Authors: Sheila Cliffe
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The kimono is an iconic garment with a history as rich and colourful as the textiles from which it is crafted. Deeply associated with Japanese culture both past
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The Kimono in Print: 300 Years of Japanese Design will be the first ever publication devoted to examining the kimono as a major source of inspiration, and later
The Woman in the White Kimono
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Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them. Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage