DepartmentAsia

Miniature Senka Ika (kite) with kanji charachters, Ooiri-Gaku

NameKite

Maker Nobuhiko Yoshizumi (1940 - 2013)

CultureJapanese

Date2005-2013

Place madeKyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia

MediumSenka (kind of Japanese paper), ink, paint, bamboo, adhesive, string

Dimensions2 15/16 × 2 1/8 in. (7.5 × 5.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. Michiko Yoshizumi and the Yoshizumi family in honor of the artist's devotion to the art of the kite, A.2015.22.64

Object numberA.2015.22.64

Collections

Asia

DescriptionMiniature Rectangle Kite made of a kind of Japanese paper, Senka; this kind has a large red calligraphic symbol in the middle of the vertical plane, with image of black and gilt frame around the field of white that the Kanji symbol sits within.