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
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.
