Traditional Japanese Design Motifs

264 pen-and-ink illustrations from ceramics, textiles, lacquerwork, screens, fans, woodblock prints and objets d'art, dating from 13th to 20th centuries. Plates are grouped in seven categories: plants and flowers; animal life; human figures; symbolic objects; geometric patterns; water and wave forms; ceramic objects. Major motifs are cranes, scenic vignettes, demons and family crests.

Illustrations: 264 illustrations
Copyright: Permission Free