Anna Jackson is Keeper, Asia Department at the V&A. Masami Yamada is Curator, Asia Department at the V&A

‘the prints are, it hardly needs saying,marvelous, and those selected are not always the usual suspects.’ Peter Gordon,Asian Review of Books, 24th November2024

• Introduction -- Creation and Commerce -- Looking Good -- Style and Seduction -- Patterns of Performance -- Male Flamboyance -- Fashioning Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements

Anna Jackson is Keeper, Asia Department at the V&A. Masami Yamada is Curator, Asia Department at the V&A

‘the prints are, it hardly needs saying,marvelous, and those selected are not always the usual suspects.’ Peter Gordon,Asian Review of Books, 24th November2024

• Introduction -- Creation and Commerce -- Looking Good -- Style and Seduction -- Patterns of Performance -- Male Flamboyance -- Fashioning Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements

Anna Jackson is Keeper, Asia Department at the V&A. Masami Yamada is Curator, Asia Department at the V&A

‘the prints are, it hardly needs saying,marvelous, and those selected are not always the usual suspects.’ Peter Gordon,Asian Review of Books, 24th November2024

• Introduction -- Creation and Commerce -- Looking Good -- Style and Seduction -- Patterns of Performance -- Male Flamboyance -- Fashioning Life -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements