INDIA
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Guy, John. Woven Cargoes: Indian Textiles in the East, New York: Thames and Hudson, Ltd. 1991

Kinsley, David. Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986.

Lynton, Linda. The Sari: Styles, Patterns, History, Techniques, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1995

Tarlo, Emma. Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996

JAPAN
Bird, Isabella. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, San Francisco, Travelers' Tales, Inc., 2000

Dalby, Liza. Kimono: Fashioning Culture, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2001

Jackson, Anna. Japanese Country Textiles, New York and Tokyo, Weatherhill, 1997

Kato, Shuichi. Japan: Spirit & Form, Rutland, VT & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1994

Katoh, Amy Sylvester. Japan Country Living: Spirit, Tradition, Style, Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company

Kennedy, Alan. Japanese Costume: History and Tradition, Paris, France: Editions Adam Biro, 1990

Rathburn, William Jay. ed. Beyond the Tanabata Bridge: Traditional Japanese Textiles, Seatte, New York: The Seattle Art Museum and Thames & Hudson, 1994

Shaver, Cynthia/ Miyamoto, Noriko/ Yoshikoa, Sachio. Sumi Collection: Hanten and Happi: Traditional Japanese Work Coats: Bold Designs and Color Images, Kyoto: Shikosha Publishing Co., 1998

Wada, Yoshiko/ Rice, Mary Kellogg/ Barton, Jane. Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing, Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1983

Williams, Dai and Shin-Ichiro, Yoshida. Saki-ori & other Recycling Traditions in Japanese Rural Clothing, San Francisco: San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, 1994