Nekochan’s Graphics
Lots of neat icons, GIFs and animations
Akiko Brand
Another free-icon site. My little computer guy came from there. Isn’t he
kawaii?
Kaleidoscope
Beautiful icons, backgrounds and webpage themesets.
Insect Sound World
Six pages of background graphics based on Japanese wild plants, plus insect photos and
soundfiles of crickets, katydids, and other musical insects.
Four Seasons from Casado
Japanese-language site with desktop wallpapers and month-by-month season-themed
animated gifs.
Flower 2 Icons
by T. Motoyama
Iconarchive.com now hosts these lovely icons of Japanese wildflowers, originally from
the now-defunct Flower Icons Site. Available as gifs or as icons for either PC or Mac.
Happa’s Hakubutsukan
Free clipart, includes a section of samurai images, foods, textile patterns and
traditional objects.
Little House
Cute linkware graphics for Japanese holidays
Free Backgrounds
Some page backgrounds made from Japanese stencils
Diamondeve’s
Pagoda Inn
More icons and other web graphics.
Mariko
Home
Cute web icons and animations, and some lovely photos of sakura in bloom.
CG Grasp
Seasonal themed web graphics. There’s even a screen saver of the Seven
Lucky Gods.
Matsu Collection
Japanese-language site listing “stationery” that would make beautiful
desktop wallpaper.
Kamon World
Japanese-language site with the best current collection of family crests.
Japanese Graphics in Print:
Honda, Isao. Traditional Japanese Family Crests for Artists and Craftspeople. Dover Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-486-42273-9
Takamori, Ikuya, tr. Family Crests of Japan. ICG Muse, Inc., 2001. ISBN 4-925080-62-8
Japanese Designs CD-ROM and Book. Dover Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-486-99509-7
Grafton, Carol Belanger. Treasury of Japanese Designs & Motifs for Artists & Craftsmen. Dover Publications, 1983. ISBN 0-486-24435-0