Understand Japanese family crest designs with actual examples! A gorgeously visual guide to family crests.
Family crests are coats of arms that have been used in Japan since ancient times to identify families and individuals.
In this book you will find more than 2,500 family crests and their meanings. The crests are organized around the motifs of “plants,” “animals,” “natural phenomena,” “martial values,” “patterns and designs,” and “buildings and vessels.”
