| Description |
1 streaming video file (48 min.) : digital, WMV file (300 Kbps), sd., col. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Windows Media Player or Quicktime. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Title from title screen; subtitle and content titles from website. |
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Additional features offered on FMG ONDemand include: textbook alignment and learning object information and standards for individual titles. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Lee Williams. |
| Credits |
Camera, Marion Reischmann ; editors, Kay Ehrich, Ian Higginson. |
| Access |
Available through subscription with FMG ONDemand (February 11, 2009 - February 10, 2012) |
| Summary |
Documents the history of the kimono, which has survived for fifteen hundred years as a symbol of Japanese tradition and a mirror of Japan's evolving culture. From medieval courtesans adorned in sensual finery to samurai warriors whose clothing signified their military allegiance, anyone donning a kimono accepted and perpetuated its meanings. Today, knowledge of its traditions and observance of the elaborate rules surrounding it have declined. Nevertheless, thanks to the small number of modern Japanese women who honor and study their past, the multifaceted gown lives on. This program examines the kimono's continuing importance in Japanese culture and society--from the tea ceremony to the fashion runway. |
| Contents |
Japan: kimono and modern geisha -- Geisha and kimono culture in Japan -- Kimono makers -- How silk cloth is dyed -- Kimono: weaving process -- History of the kimono -- Art of the Japanese obi -- Kimono schools -- Kimono in modern Japan -- Modern polyester kimonos -- Rediscovery of Japan's traditions -- Traditional Japanese tea ceremony -- East meets West: traditional and modern Japanese fashion -- Japanese temple festivals and weddings. |
| Note |
Includes public performance rights. |
| Subject |
Kimonos.
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Costume -- Japan.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary videos. |
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Streaming videos. |
| Alt Name |
Williams, Lee, 1974-
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Brand, Susanne.
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Graef, Nicola.
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Bronnert, Kathrin.
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Dotzer, Ulrike.
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
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Lonamedia.
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ARTE France.
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Parthenon Entertainment (Firm)
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AVRO.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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FMG ONDemand (Firm)
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| Add Title |
Symbol of a nation |
| ISBN |
$169.95 |
| Publisher # |
39633 Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
| OCLC # |
309858070 |
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