YAMANOBE, Tomoyuki

Opulence [cover subtitle:] The Kimonos and Robes of Itchiku Kubota

(Tokyo): (Kodansha International Ltd.), (1984). Takeshi Nishikawa, John Hymas, Keizo Kaneko (photographers). First Edition. Stiff printed wrappers with dust jacket. Folio. Pp. 147. With "Personal Reflections" by Tomoyuki Yamanobe. Lavishly illustrated throughout with large or full page color photographs of Itchiku Kubota's creations; many are fold-outs. Bound in stiff printed wraps, white with black lettering printed on cover. In the illustrated dust jacket that has light age-toning to the top edge for the front panel. Fine / Very Good. Item #7602

Edited by Tomoyuki Yamanobe, then Japan's foremost textile historian. Rear cover with a blurb from Diane Vreeland. A handsome copy.

Price: $45.00