Japanese Design Motifs

Gofukuten, Matsuya

1939

Original Japanese stab binding.  Bi-colored, limp cloth cover.  Good binding and cover.  Oblong, 18.5 x 26.8 cm. Gift inscription on title page, otherwise, clean, unmarked pages.  Contain 20 emblems in black and white per page. Illustrations of Japanese crests used on formal kimonos and for heraldry. Matsuya's designs were exhibited in 'The First Sangokai Exhibition' in April 1915 (Tokyo Kokuritsu Bunkazai) and the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, 1915. It contained a "definitive catalogue of Japanese heraldic crests featuring almost unlimited variety of plant, animal, bird, and geometric forms - everything from "wild goose" to "folding fan" to "mountain and mist," each with dozens of variations. "The 4,260 marvelous heraldic emblems...are delicate, interesting, and perfect." - Lady's Circle Needlework.