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• - A page of links to sites on kumihimo (a type of Japanese thread braiding). With a guide to supplies used.
  
• - A tool used in Japanese embroidery.
  
• - With kimono photos, descriptions, fashion competitions and related articles. Details different styles of Japanese kimono.
  
• - In journal format, with annotated pictures, kitsuke (how to wear kimono), recommendations and links.
  
• - Traditional Japanese embroidered balls, originally toys, but now an artwork symbolizing friendship.
  
• - A modern master who recreated a lost method of dyeing and decorating silks for kimonos using contemporary materials. Illustrated.
  
• - Custom textiles and artworks of traditional Japanese and original designs by hand on the silks, cottons, hemps and wools. Colored in beautiful natural dyes and indigo.
  
• - Text only description of modern usage of the traditional garment.
  
• - Brief, illustrated description of the two methods.
  
• - Showcases the work of the artisans, still carrying on the traditions of kimono and handcraft production in Japan.
  
• - History and procedures with well illustrated explanations.
  
• - The development of Jacquard weaving in Japan. Well illustrated.