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.
ISBN: | 9780486228747 |
Publication date: | 1st February 2000 |
Author: | Matsuya Gofukuten, Fumie Adachi |
Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 216 pages |
Series: | Dover Pictorial Archive |
Genres: |
Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration |