Ritual, Regalia, and Rags: Paper Clothing in Japan and Korea

EPISODE NOTES:   Though paper is not the first material for clothing we typically think of, it has been used to make garments going back centuries. This episode will explore the that long-lived tradition in Korea and Japan. Support us at :https://www.patreon.com/historyunhemmedhttps://anchor.fm/historyunhemmed/support Follow us on: Instagram: @history_unhemmed Facebook: History Unhemmed Thank you! <3 Resources:All Japan Handmade Washi Association. A Handbook on the Art of Washi: A Collection of Questions and Answers. All Japan Handmade Washi Association: Tokyo: 1991. Kim, Yongsook. Lim, Hye-Won. "Hanji (Traditional Korean Paper) Fashions," in Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, Vol. 6, 2010. Lee, Seung-chul. Hanji: Everything You Need to Know About Traditional Korean Paper. Seoul: Hyeonamsa, 2012. Leitner, Christina. Paper Textiles. London: A & C Black Publishers, 2005. Lim, Young-ju and Ki-Ho Sang. Hanji Craft Culture. Seoul: Daewonsa, 2002. Mohajer va Pesaran, Daphne. 2018. “People and Placelessness: Paper Clothing in Japan.” Fashion Practice 10, no. 2 (June): 236–55. Narita, Kiyofusa. 1954. A Life of Ts’ai Lung and Japanese Paper-Making. Tokyo: The Paper Museum. Omura, Tomoko. 1999. “Konnyaku Paste and Kōzo.” The Journal for the Society for Washi Culture 7: 102–07. Shim, Joon-young and Yongsook Kim. “A Study on the Development of Fashion Accessory Products Made with Korean Traditional Paper Hanji II.” Korean Journal of Human Ecology 15, no. 5 (2006): 803–809. Yang, Sunny, and Rochelle Narasin. Textile Art of Japan. Shufunotomo:Tokyo, 2000.