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The art of the Japanese kite /

0834800888

0834801574

9780834800885

9780834801578

b702506

The art of the Japanese kite /

[Book]

by Tal Streeter.

1st ed.

New York :

Weatherhill,

1974.

181 pages :

illustrations (some color) ;

27 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181).

Giant kite fighting in Shirone -- The Sanjo kite maker Toranosuke Watanabe -- The last kite maker of Tokyo: Edo kite maker Teizo Hashimoto -- Along the Tokaido Road: Suruga kite maker Tatsusaburo Kato -- From Samurai to kite maker: Yokosuka kite maker Matsutaro Yanase -- The insect kites of Nagoya: Sakurai kite maker Semmatsu Iwase -- The Nagasaki fighting kite: Hata kite maker Shigeyoshi Morimoto -- Picnis at the battleground: the Hamamatsu kite festival -- The taste of kites: consummate collector Shingo Modegi -- The world's largest kite, the Hoshubana Showa O-dako -- Bamboo and paper -- Two sculptors who make kites: Tsutomu Hiroi and Tal Streeter -- Tsutomu Hiroi's kites -- Tal Streeter's flying red line -- Oriental kites: a brief history -- The kite's beginning -- Festival and celebration kites -- Fighting kites -- Giant kites -- The recent past -- Make your own kite and fly it -- Make a Japanese kite? -- General characteristics of the Japanese kite -- The bones -- The bridle and flying line -- Designs and design materials -- The tail -- What kind of kite should you make? -- Fly it! -- The wind -- Preparations and launching In the air.

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"This book is about kites I have seen, kite makers I have spoken with, and kite festivals I have attended."--Prologue.

Art of the Japanese kite.

Kites-- Japan.

Cerfs-volants-- Japon.

Kites.

Japan.

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