website sources:
http://www.japanesekimono.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono
http://www.geocities.com/kimono_history/
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/khist4.html
http://www.japandiscovery.com/culture_arts/kimono/history.html
book sources:
The University of Hawaii Department of Human Resources, The Art of Asian Costume, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, 1989, Honolulu