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   ocr: So goes the scene I remembered in the kimono shop from Lady Murasaki's great 11th C. novel, TALE OF GENJI in which the prince, Genji, selects gifts for his paramours (p.406-407, beldensticker translation). I'm fascinated by the The junl-hitoe (12 layers) romance of kimono and the photo courtesy that go back Kimono Hakubi Kyoto School aesthetics to the early court... Have we changed by taking on western dress? The juni-hitoe Japanese culture has back vlew photo courtesy always borrowed and Hakubl Kyoto assimilated. Kimono School RETURN