What is it about?
This article will give a close reading of two costume designs from Inuyasha and detail the methods used to create a pair of historically plausible, cosplay competition standard costumes. It looks at how anime character designs help to tell the story. This article also gives an overview to 'traditional' sewing techniques used in making Japanese clothing.
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Why is it important?
In addition to looking at Inuyasha costume designs and cosplays, this article also presents some background to white dogs in Japanese literature and popular culture.
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This article started with me making the costumes! The images included were taken one sunny day with my friends. Cosplay is for everyone
Emerald King
University of Tasmania
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This page is a summary of: Red capes, dog gods and demon lords: Making historically plausible Inuyasha cosplay costumes, Studies in Costume & Performance, December 2022, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/scp_00076_1.
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