Victoria, BC / Retired teacher/librarian but sewer for life. Costume designer and costume maker for Victoria Gilbert & Sullivan Society. Sews about 1000 hrs a year.
Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, Blossoming Cherry Trees in Ueno Park (Ueno kōen kaika zu), Japan. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Japanese print depicting two young ladies dressed according to the latest Western fashions of the time (with bustles) except that the colors and designs of the fabrics are done to Japanese tastes
『女官洋服裁縫之図』 Court Ladies Sewing Western Clothing (Jokan yōfuku saihō no zu), Artist: Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Meiji period August Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints;
Hairstyles, Japan Western fashion was adopted by a number of women from the time Japan opened its ports in They gave a uniquely Japanese twist to the new fashions by using influences of.