February 12, 2013

Collection Name: Scott Skinner Collection

Collection Number: 2883

Post Type: Document

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Artist or Author: unknown

Creation Year: 1860

Height: 14 inches

Width: 9.5 inches

Summay:

25 kite pictures on a large format (oban) ukiyo-e (woodblock print). Depicted characters include Daruma, Daikoku, Okame, and others. All kite pictures are for Edo dako, rectangular kites of the Tokyo area, many are ji-dako, (character kites or letter kites) with a single, stylized kanji as their graphic design.

Geographic: Japan

Kite Type: Flat

Materials: Paper

Significance: Art, Cultural, Historical

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