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Structure and Substance
Contributed by John Oglevee Photographs by David Surtasky Japanese Textiles and the Art of Sculpting Kimono, Theatre Nohgaku’s Costume Workshop, June 2014 What is it that we wear? Each time we dress, we are entering a kind of costume. We … Continue reading
Wearing the Earth
Contributed by David Surtasky Photographs by David Surtasky Japanese Textiles and the Art of Sculpting Kimono, Theatre Nohgaku’s Costume Workshop (Pt.1) From a distance the pattern isn’t clear, only on close examination is the detail apparent. This theme is resonant … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 costume workshop, お守り, Chusei Nihon Kenkyujo, examining details, gold leaf, hakama, jacquard loom, lacquer, Momoyama Period, monica bethe, nomura studio, nurihaku, plain weave, shimogamo shrine, surihaku, the Medieval Japanese Studies Institute, yore, Ōkuchi, 中世日本研究所
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Make it Noh
Make it Noh: The First Half of the 2013 Noh Costume Workshop – Kyoto, Japan Contributed by Morit Gaifman Photographs courtesy of Morit Gaifman (Editor’s note: Morit was a participant in the TN Costume Workshop, Kyoto & Fukuyama Japan, June … Continue reading
Homework
Contributed by Gary Mathews. Well, just when we thought it couldn’t get any better, it got better. In the morning, the inestimable Monica Bethe took us to a whole new level. Actually, she had set this up already yesterday by … Continue reading
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Tagged gold thread, john oglevee, monica bethe, noh, surihaku, theatre nohgaku
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Day Two – Layer upon layer.
Our focus on Thursday was looking at the successive layering that happens in many sorts of upper garments. From the foundation weave which contains the base layer and color and defines the drape and form (potentially containing repetitive patterns) to … Continue reading
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Tagged gold leaf, gold thread, monica bethe, Noguchi Takuro, noh, noh costume, surihaku, theatre nohgaku
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