Comment -
A blue sky with lots of colourful kites. From the left: a white
Edo kite ("Edo-tako", "½‘õ„J") with red kanji characters ("Kanji
kite", "ji tako", "×Ö„J"), a six angled Sanjo Rokakku (Sanj¨
Rokkaku, ÈýÌõÁù½Ç), a Yakko kite ("yakko tako", "Å«„J"), and below the
Yakko an Edo kite with a red sun, another Edo kite, a square
kite, that may be a (Nagasaki) Hata or Flag kite (Nagasaki hata
tako, éLÆéᦄJ), and above the square kite a Fugu (puffer fish) kite
(ºÓëà „J).
Series - unknown series
Artist - see
Biography
Signature - none
Publisher - Watanabe (¶ÉÞx), (publisher's seal)
Image Size - 8.5 x 18.5cm (3 11/32" x 7 9/32")
Condition - single sheet; nishiki-e (cloured
woodblock); long postcard size