| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project explored globalization of dress from Japanese perspectives of two periods, Early Modern times (1550-1700), and 20th-21st centuries. These two periods have been shed much less light upon compared to the period of 1850-1920, when Japan experienced rapid process of westernization. For the Early Modern Period, the project unveiled interconnections between Kosode,Japonse Rok,Banyan and Quimono, which were produced and circulated involving Japan,China, India,South East Asia, North Western Europe and North and Latin Americas. In addition the project verified mass circulation of Asian produced clothing through the Dutch India Company and clarified the making of slave clothing in Cape Colony amidst the global circulation. For the 20th-21st century, the project analysed Japanese product's entrance and impact on garment formation in East and West Africa in the 1920-1970s.As global circulation enhanced in this period, the project focused upon sportswear and secondhand circulation.
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