Author of The Art of the Japanese Kite and A Kite Journey Through India, among many other kite books, Tal introduced many of today’s kite …

A noted Tokyo (Edo) kite maker in the years after the formation of the Japan Kite Association, Kashima refined the Edo-dako and was one of …

One of the last traditional Edo (Tokyo) kite makers, Hashimoto died in 1993. In their small house in Tokyo’s Ueno district, he and wife, Kiyo, …

Until his death in the late 1990s, resident kitemaker of the Tokyo Kite Museum, Teruaki Tsutsumi, made beautiful tomi-dako. The intricate bamboo-work is exceptional, and …

Teruo Suga is a charming kitemaker, who specializes in miniature kites. On our last meeting, I learned that the Edo-period name for miniature kites was …

Tetsuya Kishida is one of the Kunstdrachen (Art Kites of Dr. Paul Eubel) kite builders. Among his accomplishments, he has built a fully collapsible Edo-dako …

Thom has been a longtime kite enthusiast working from his upstate New York home, and has taken kites to an unexpected audience; re-enactors of 1700-era …

An accomplished kite maker in his own right, Til worked with fellow German, Peter Malinski, to develop refined hardware specifically for kites. His plastic tetrahedral …

The diminutive Mrs. Sato is an accomplished expert when it comes to the traditional arts of Japan. She is a master in the arts of …

One of the United States’ leading aviation historians, Tom is an active advocate of saving kite history. He is a noted biographer of the Wright …