Beyond the Tanabata Bridge: Traditional Japanese Textiles

"This opulent and authoritative guide to the folk textiles of Japan, based on the collection of the Seattle Art Museum - one of the most comprehensive and significant in America- journeys beyond the Tanabata Bridge on a tour of national and regional cloth-making from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, taking in all major weaving, dyeing and stitchery techniques as well as general themes and local variations in the traditions." (from front jacket flap)