Traditional Japanese Crest Designs by Clarence Hornung

Traditional Japanese Crest Designs by Clarence Hornung

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. Original Dover (1986) publication.

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ISBN 13	9780486252438
ISBN 10	0486252434
Title	Traditional Japanese Crest Designs
Author	Clarence Hornung
Series	Dover Pictorial Archive
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dover Publications Inc.
Year published	1987-01-01
Number of pages	48
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.