Buddhism

Chen, Aria, ‘I Am Both Ancient and Trendy.’ He’s a Buddhist Monk, a Makeup Artist and an LGBTQ Activist,” Time.com, 13 October 2021, https://time.com/6103204/kodo-nishimura-next-generation-leaders/

Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. Textiles in Burman Culture. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 2021.

Hume, Lynne. The Religious Life of Dress: Global Fashion and Faith. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Miller, Alicia. “Why this Buddhist Monk Has Become an LGBTQ+ Role Model in Tokyo,” NationalGeographic.com, 8 October 2023, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/tokyo-buddhist-monk-kodo-nishimura-lgbtq-role-model

Regan, Hobbie Koban. “The Koan of War: A Veteran Sews a Rakusu from Camouflage Material to Honor Those Who Wore the Uniform.” Tricycle 32, no. 3 (December 31, 2023). 

Riggs, Diane E. “Fukudenkai: Sewing the Buddha’s Robe in Contemporary Japanese Buddhist Practice.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 31, no. 2 (December 31, 2004): 311–56. 

“Robes Worn by Monks Brief History and Terminology: Robe, Vestment, Surplice, Garment,” OnmarkProductions.com, https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/drapery-robes-japan-buddha-statues.html#robes

Shields, James Mark. “Sexuality, Blasphemy, and Iconoclasm in the Media Age: The Strange Case of the Buddha Bikini.” In God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture, edited by Eric Mazur and Kate McCarthy, 98-120. New York: Routledge, 2011.

Turek, Magdalena Maria. “The White Cotton Robe: Charisma and Clothes in Tibetan Buddhism Today.” Religion and Society 8:1 (2017): 173+.

Wargula, Carolyn. “Embodied Objects: Chūjōhime’s Hair Embroideries and the Transformation of the Female Body in Premodern Japan.” Religions 12, no. 9 (2021): 773. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/9/773