Kimono at the Morris Miller Library (UTAS Sandy Bay Campus)

Kitsune

Kimono and Kitsuke Club

presents:

Kimono at the Morris Miller

With its dangling sleeves and decorative sash, kimono is the instantly recognisable national dress of Japan.

The modern kimono takes its current form from the garments worn by wealthy samurai women and the upper class in the 1800s when Japan underwent a period of rapid modernisation known as the Meiji Restoration.

It was in the 1920s and ‘30s, with the rise of department stores and prêt-à-porter (ready to wear) kimono that the garment became an everyday style and fashion item.

The garments on display come from the kimono collection of Emerald King, a recent PhD graduate of the (former) School of Asian Languages and Studies and current President of TUU Kitsune: Kimono and Kitsuke Club.

(With thanks to Bec Muir - Kitsune Treasurer - for her wedding accessories and Hitomi Yoshida - Kitsune VP - for her mens yukata)

Items date from the mid Shôwa period (1926-1989) to modern day.

The exhibition is free and will run for the month of April at the Morris Miller Libray, UTAS Sandy Bay campus. (Opening hours here: http://www.utas.edu.au/library/about-us/our-libraries/morris-miller-campus-library/opening-hours)