February 28, 2015

Collection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection

Collection Number: 3126

Post Type: Pamphlet

This item was entered by Ali. They assume full responsibility for all content.

Artist or Author: Drachen Foundation

Creation Year: 2007

Height: 11 in

Width: 5.5 in

Summay:

A travelling exhibit that was funded by a Japan Foundation grant.
Japanese Kite Prints, the urban culture of 17 and 18 century Edo (now Tokyo) was complex, vibrant, literate and sophisticated. We now have an extensive visual record of the times thorugh color ukiyo-e woodblock prints. they celebrated the kabuki theater, brothels, sumo wrestling and everyday pleasures, including kite flying.

This exhibit brings together two of Edo's most colorful traditions, prints and kites.

4 folded pages, full color
A Drachen production

Geographic: Japan

Kite Type: Bowed, Flat

Materials: Bamboo, Paper

Significance: Art, Cultural