The World of Rozome: Wax-Resist Textiles of Japan Signed Copy hd

Benjamin, Betsy Sterling

Published by Kodansha USA, New York, 1996

About this Item

Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full orange-embossed indigo-coloured cloth with mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. , indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . In 2007 Betsy Benjamin and Ann Iisemann organized the Exhibit "Rozome Masters of Japan" at the Textile Museum at George Washington University, Washington, D. C. which featured the work of fifteen contemporary Japanese artists and included folding screens, scrolls, panels, and kimono all created using rozome, a wax-resist dyeing technique unique to Japan. The exhibition was complemented by a selection of Japanese textiles from The Textile Museum s own collections. Rozome has roots in ancient Japan, dating to the Nara period (645-794), but was eclipsed by other resist-dye techniques after the Heian period (794-1185). The technique experienced a revival of popularity in the early part of the twentieth century, when Kyoto-based kimono specialists began to reexamine the possibilities of the wax-resist medium. Rozome flourished after World War II as artists became interested in the technique as a vehicle for unique image-making and self-expression on cloth. Today, in the hands of these talented artists, rozome is used to create technically breathtaking, complex works whose imagery ranges from traditional botanical and landscape subjects to contemporary abstract compositions. In exceptionally good condition In exceptionally good condition.

Seller Inventory # 31258

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World of Rozome: Wax-Resist Textiles of Japan Signed Copy hd
• Publisher: Kodansha USA, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Oriental Antiques Textiles