General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAME/ SILK? COVER/ STRING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

61.2 cm

Width

46.5 cm

Height

4.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MATSUTANI

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Akashi

Context

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

SPECIMEN FROM CANADIAN COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL KITES. MR. YVES LAFOREST IS KITE COLLECTOR & FLIER FROM MONTREAL AREA.

Function

LIGHT FRAME COVERED WITH LIGHT MATERIAL, LIFTED BY WIND & FLOWN BY LONG CORD, USUALLY BUT NOT ALWAYS FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

Technical

JAPAN HAS LONG TRADITION OF KITE MAKING; TRADITIONAL JAPANESE KITE CONSISTS OF BAMBOO FRAME WITH PAPER COVER PAINTED WITH BOLD MOTIFS SUCH AS FACES OF SAMURAI OR OTHER PERSONAGES, ZODIAC SIGNS, DRAGONS. HIDEO MATSUTANI IS ONE OF GRANDMASTERS OF MAKING EDO KAKU DAKO, ONE OF MOST HIGHLY DECORATED TRADITIONAL JAPANESE KITES. EDO IS OLD NAME FOR TOKYO & EDO KAKU IS SMALLER VERSION OF EDO. EDO IS OFTEN FLOW WITH HUMMER (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SIGNED IN BLACK "H. MATSUTANI/ JAPAN"/ 2 LINES OF BLACK CHARACTERS/ LARGE BLACK CHARACTER NEAR UPPER EDGE

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

COVER MOSTLY BLUE & RED WITH MULTICOLOURED DESIGNS/ UNFINISHED WOOD/ WHITE STRING

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED FACE & FLOWER