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This article discusses the generation gap as regards the transmission of knowhow concerning the maintenance and cleaning of garments and accessories, especially traditional Japanese kimonos, and reformed kimonos. As in modern day-to-day family life, parent and child do not seem to lose much time on the subject, we concentrated on the transmission of knowhow through the channel of literary sources, i.e. books and magazines. During the years 1954-2005, we picked up 35 books at random and examined the number of pages dedicated to the cleaning and maintenance of kimonos. We found out that the percentage of these pages compared to the total number of pages in books concerning cleaning arrived at a mere 2,8%; even including instructions how to fold and store the kimono only 4,6%. Around 2002, we perceived a dramatic change in the younger generation's perception of the kimono as a fashionable item, as opposed to the cooler, detached reception of the older generation. The instructions of the 1950's explaining how to unsew a kimono disappear; and instead appear around 2000 helpful advice how to avoid soiling a kimono in the first place, and then to bring soiled kimonos to a kimono laundry, if unsure. |
