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Japanese Design Motifs (Paperback)

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Definitive catalogue of Japanese heraldic crests featuring almost unlimited variety of plant, animal, bird, and geometric forms — everything from "wild goose" to "folding fan" to "mountain and mist," each with dozens of variations. 4,260 illustrations. "The 4,260 marvelous heraldic emblems...are delicate, interesting, and perfect." — Lady's Circle Needlework.


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The 4,260 individual designs collected here represent the 900-year-old tradition of Japanese family crests. This unabridged republication of the catalog originally compiled around 1913 by the Matsuya Piece-Goods Store in Tokyo contains a translation of the original Foreword plus a new Introduction by Fumie Adachi and a new English Index.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic for Graphic Design Inspiration, April 13 2003
Page, after page, after page of great designs.

Not something you can use for research, but it you are looking for inspiration, this is a book for you. I started putting yellow post-its on the designs I wanted to use (quilting, cross-stitch, stained glass), but I soon gave up when I realized that I was marking almost every page.

This is one of those rare design books that is well worth the money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the price..., Jan 6 2003
By Nicole Freed (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
I've lusted after this book ever since I saw it in the library years ago. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember the name (I should've stolen it then!). So what a delight to finally rediscover it. The images in this book have haunted me, and defied my attempts to recreate even a few of them from memory. There are more permutations on each motif than one can possibly think of. An endless wealth of source material for logos, symbols, backgrounds, graphics. This book is a must-have for any designer interested in or influenced by Japanese design!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Japanese Motifs, Feb 27 2002
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So far the only Ra-Mon book that I have found with my family Crest. For me it is worth the money.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Pictures - Not suitable for medieval research
Following the Meiji Restoration in the nineteenth century, the Japanese people were granted a number of perogatives formerly reserved to the noble and military castes. Read more
Published on Jul 28 2001 by Barbara Nostrand

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice clean cut stuff.
This stuff is eye candy to anyone who does graphic design of any sort that uses 2D graphics. My mother gets ideas for quilting patterns and I've been inspired several times while... Read more
Published on Jul 9 2001 by websnozz

4.0 out of 5 stars Organization Issue
I am unable to understand the reviewer who began with the sentence: "How does one rate a book with no words in it? The only way to do it is by description. Read more
Published on Jun 29 2001 by Highlander

4.0 out of 5 stars Great source of motifs for needlework and graphic arts
When I was cleaning out my books last summer, I got rid of this book by mistake and have regretted it ever since. Now I'm ordering another copy. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2001 by Delia M Turner, Ph.D.

5.0 out of 5 stars Matsuya Crest Catalogue Outstanding Resource
The Matsuya catalogue of crests is a resource of remarkable depth and breadth for serious students of Japanese design history. Read more
Published on April 5 2001 by Merrily Baird

4.0 out of 5 stars Unratable due to lack of ratable content
How does one rate a book with no words in it? The only way to do it is by description. Here's what the book contains: 4,260 black and white signets of various Japanese emblems and... Read more
Published on May 20 2000 by Shadowfire

5.0 out of 5 stars an great source for japanese heraldry
This is a great resource for anyone interested in designed japanese personas in recreation groups, or for simply looking at the pretty pictures. Read more
Published on May 28 1998

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