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The elements of Japanese design: a handbook of family crests, heraldry & symbolism

by  John W Dower / Kiyoshi Kawamoto

Table Of Contents

  • Part one: Introduction The full flower of Japanese Heraldry
  • 1. the courtly society and the roots of Heraldic design
  • 2. The warrior society and the first bloom of Heraldry
  • 3. High Feudalism and the flowering of Heraldic practice
  • 4. The floating world and the full circle of Heraldic design
  • 5. Symbolism and significance in Japanese Heraldry
  • Commemorative crests
  • Martial motifs
  • Superstitious and auspicious crests
  • Religious crests
  • Creste of denotation, crests of beauty
  • Heraldic design and the Japanese hierachy of values
  • Part two: Crests and commentaries
  • 1. Heaven and earth
  • 2. Plants, flowers, and trees
  • 3. Birds, beasts, and insects
  • 4. Man-made objects
  • 5. Patterns and designs
  • 6. Symbols and ideographs

Subject

Crests / Heraldry

Details

Published Boston : Weatherhill , [2005],
Language English
Material xi, 170 p.
ISBN 0834802295
Location
CR 57 .J3 D746 2005 C.1
TCDC Bangkok - Reference Collection (Handbooks)
CR 57 .J3 D746 2005 C.2
TCDC Chiang Mai - Reference Collection

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