The Shishu Ladies of Hilo: Japanese Embroidery in Hawai'i

by Shiho S. Nunes and Sara Nunes-Atabaki

Book Overview

In the 1930s Ima Shinoda began teaching groups of predominantly nisei women in and around Hilo the centuries-old art of Japanese embroidery known as shishu. Trained in Japan, she combined her talents for teaching and stitchery to inspire and instruct a new generation in the demanding art form. Together with her husband, Yoshio, who created the distinctive, eye-catching designs used by her students, Ima Shimoda was responsible for not only furthering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824822358
• ISBN13: 9780824822354
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.9"