Wednesday, April 2, 2014

The Museum of Japanese Costume ・ 風俗博物館



風俗博物館



















The Museum of Japanese Costume is in Kyoto

〒600-8468
京都市下京区新花屋町通堀川東入る
(井筒法衣店5階)
TEL(075)342-5345
(事務局TEL(075)343-0001)

but they have an excellent website too, and this means  that you can see some of the exhibits without having to travel to Japan and there are many articles (in Japanese) with photographs of people wering the costumes in real life situations.

There is an English language version of the site here



On the English language version of the site are photographs of models wearing costumes from the Jomon, Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Edo, Meiji and Shouwa Periods and under the photographs there are drawings with all the parts of the dress clearly named, which makes it a valuable resource for historians and costume designers as well as anyone who is interested in Japanese history.





















There are also photographs of beautiful  flowers on the Japanese website - can you find them? Look for the links beside 今日の花