Traditional Japanese Design Motifs

Traditional Japanese Design Motifs

Author: Joseph D'Addetta

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 0486246299

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Over 250 readily usable, royalty-free, authentic Japanese designs -- from ceramics, textiles, more. Includes florals, demons, animals, geometrics, more.


Traditional Japanese Crest Designs

Traditional Japanese Crest Designs

Author: Clarence Hornung

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1986-01-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 0486252434

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Family crests (mon) have been a Japanese tradition since the eleventh century, when they decorated the costumes and carriages of courtiers. Later, they were used to identify warriors on the battlefield, as heraldic decorations on formal costumes, and as ornament on the kimonos of the common people. Small, compact, and graceful, with a strong sense of style, crest designs are ideal for spot illustrations, as logos, or for any graphic purpose requiring the classic simplicity, purity, and strength of Japanese design. This volume presents a total of 540 permission-free motifs, carefully selected for graphic impact and usefulness from several thousand crests known to exist. Featured are a wide variety of stylized designs depicting plants, animals, natural phenomena, geometric shapes, and manufactured objects.Among the subjects included in this selection are such traditional Japanese motifs as bamboo, crane, lightning, cherry blossom, peony, plum blossom, wave, rice, circle, and hollyhock. Immensely useful, this volume of permission-free designs is not only an invaluable source of graphic material for artists, designers, and craftspeople, but a fascinating picture book of Japanese culture.


Japanese Motifs in Contemporary Design

Japanese Motifs in Contemporary Design

Author: Sendpoints

Publisher:

Published: 2018-12-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9789887928409

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This book presents over 600 traditional Japanese motifs, ranging from ukiyo-e, ghost stories, kamon and Noh plays to traditional patterns, which include introductions of their cultural backgrounds. It also showcases outstanding graphic works inspired by and integrated with specific motifs, and features interviews with distinguished designers, aiming to provide an insight into the traditional Japanese culture through contemporary design.


Snow, Wave, Pine

Snow, Wave, Pine

Author: Sadao Hibi

Publisher: Kodansha International

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9784770026897

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A beautiful primer for the fundamentals of pattern in Japanese Art, including background information on the traditional significance and meaning of motifs.


Family Crests of Japan

Family Crests of Japan

Author: Stone Bridge Press

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1933330309

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Find the beauty and meaning of over 850 family crests found in Japanese tradition


Traditional Japanese Family Crests for Artists and Craftspeople

Traditional Japanese Family Crests for Artists and Craftspeople

Author: Isao Honda

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0486155846

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Over 1,700 compact, graceful designs — a traditional part of many Japanese family histories — are featured in this handsome, versatile collection. Depicting plant, leaf, animal, and fan designs in circular motifs; astronomical images, and more, the authentic, royalty-free crests are ideal for use as spot illustrations in a variety of graphic projects.


Japanese Design Motifs

Japanese Design Motifs

Author: Matsuya Company

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-07-31

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0486155307

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Definitive catalogue of Japanese heraldic crests featuring almost unlimited variety of plant, animal, bird, and geometric forms, from "wild goose" to "folding fan" to "mountain and mist," each with dozens of variations. 4,260 illustrations.


Traditional Japanese Stencil Designs

Traditional Japanese Stencil Designs

Author: Clarence Hornung

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-06-10

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 0486319377

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Versatile collection of 276 exquisite Japanese stencil designs — clouds, birds, butterflies, bamboo, plum and cherry blossoms, geometrics, more. Royalty-free illustrations are ideal for modern decorative and graphic needs.