Snow, Wave, Pine Traditional Patterns in Japanese Design

This illustrated text - containing over 350 colour photographs - demonstratesow traditional Japanese patterns are used in a variety of arts and craftsnd provides a reference source for collectors. Detailed historical andultural information concerning each motif is also presented.

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.