DepartmentAsia

Kite Reel With Silk Line

NameKite

Maker Nobuhiko Yoshizumi (1940 - 2013)

CultureJapanese

Date1990-2013

Place madeKyoto, Japan, East Asia, Asia

MediumBamboo, other metal, brass, silk string

Dimensions1 × 5 × 1 in. (2.5 × 12.7 × 2.5 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.2015.22.1a-c

Object numberA.2015.22.1a-c

Collections

Asia

DescriptionKite reel (a) with silk line, in cardboard tube (b) with lid (c). 3-dimensional kite reel with 6 bamboo spindles, silk string wrapped around it each spindle. Center metal and brass stick. Some handwritten numbering on one of the spindles.