Kimono’s life cycle and the beauty market
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https://doi.org/10.26563/dobras.v6i13.138Keywords:
body, beauty, kimono, japanese culture, japaneseAbstract
Kimono’s history in Japan is not what it seems at first sight. It is closely related to different networks of production. After all, kimonos were never defined as “something to wear”. They have represented symbols of wisdom (for antique monks), objects of seduction (for delicate geisha), fetich-like images of exotism (in Hollywood) and products for international trade (when it comes to the japanese economy). Kimono’s history have always been a story of the body e life perception. That is what this article discusses. A piece of clothe that dresses
the body, mas only exists while it feeds on movement and imagination.
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