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The Development of Quiltmaking in Japan since the 1970s

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From Uncoverings 2010, Volume 31 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

2010

By: Nomura, Nao

Nao Nomura is a doctoral student in the Department of Area Studies at the University of Tokyo, Japan. She holds a master's degree in textile history/ quilt studies and museum studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She served as collections manager at the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2004 to 2007. With Janneken Smucker, she co-authored "From Fibers to Fieldwork: A Multifaceted Approach to Re-examining Amish Quilts," in Uncoverings 2006. During 2010-2011 Nomura will research changes in the aesthetics and function of quilts within the Amish community since the late­twentieth century under a Fulbright grant for doctoral dissertation research and in affiliation with Temple University and the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.

​When AQSG added Uncoverings articles to the Quilt Index, they omitted all the illustrations, for lack of permissions. Although the articles found in the QI (1980-2010, 2012-2016) lack illustrations, they link to quilts, essays, special collections, and documentation projects across the Quilt Index, introducing them to a wider audience. The permission issues have since been resolved and in 2024, AQSG completed adding all the Uncoverings volumes from 1980-2023 to the Digital Commons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They are completely searchable and include all the illustrations. You can find, Uncoverings 2010, Volume 31, at this link, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/aqsg-uncoverings/30/.