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Snow, Wave, Pine: Traditional Patterns in Japanese Design
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Product Description
This illustrated text - containing over 350 colour photographs - demonstrates how traditional Japanese patterns are used in a variety of arts and crafts and provides a reference source for collectors. Detailed historical and cultural information concerning each motif is also presented.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #912738 in Books
- Published on: 2001-08-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 196 pages
Editorial Reviews
American Craft
"... stunning photographs ... a remarkable variety of stylized motifs."
Choice
"... the Japanese decorative genius is revealed again and again."
About the Author
Sadao Hibi is one of Japan's best-known photographers. He has published some thirty books in Japanese in the field of traditional arts over the last two and a half decades. Among his English publications are The Colors of Japan; Infinite Spaces: The Art and Wisdom of the Japanese Garden; Japanese Detail: Architecture; Japanese Detail: Cuisine; and Japanese Detail: Fashion.
Motoji Niwa has spent a lifetime researching family names, place names, and family crests. He has written more than eighty titles in Japanese, among them Family Names, Family Lines, Shrine Crests, Temple Crests, On Graves, and The Origin and Beauty of Family Crests.
