Japanese art & design: colour
Colour is often used to convey messages in Japanese design. The wearing of certain colours, or the use of particular colours in the home, could indicate a person's beliefs.
Colour is often used to convey messages in Japanese design. The wearing of certain colours, or the use of particular colours in the home, could indicate a person's beliefs. The Buddhist philosophy emphasized that to reach enlightenment and escape from earthly desires one must lead a simple, frugal life. At various times the shogunate also issued dictates on which colours could be used by different social classes on particular occasions, in order to limit ostentatious display in everyday life and the home.
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Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
From 19 May 2012 the V&A celebrates the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers.
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Yohji Yamamoto: My Dear Bomb (English)
The first ever published biography of the Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto.
Buy nowEvent - BSL Tour: Japanese Enamels - The Seven Treasures
Fri 22 June 2012 18:30

BSL TOUR: Enjoy this talk which looks at the art of cloisonné enamelling, one Japan’s most successful forms of manufacture and export.
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