1. Aya Kōda. 1965–1968 1993. Kimono. Tokyo: Shinchosha. Note: the novel was “drafted” in 1965–1968 and published after her death (she died in 1990) in 1993.
2. Nichijoteki kimono chakuyōsha (josei) no kimono chakuyō jisseki no arikata to kimono ni taisuru ishiki” [Theory and Practice: Japanese Women Wearing “kimono” in Daily Life];Azuma Tomomi;Kyoto Furitsu Daigaku gakujutsu hōkoku: Seimei kankyōgaku,2008
3. Branded: Bad Girls Go Shopping
4. Barthes, Roland. [1969] 1989. The Rustle of Language. Translated by Richard Howard. Berkeley: University of California Press.
5. The Laugh of the Medusa