Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1993-0001-0311 | |
| Category | Folk Toys | |
| Object Name | Kite / postcard | |
| Culture | Japanese | |
| Global Region | East Asia | |
| Country | Japan | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Aomori Prefecture | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1980s | |
| Collection Name | Kadota Collection (Japanese Folk Toys) | |
| Materials | Paper; Bamboo; Watercolor paints; Cotton string | |
| Description | Watercolor painting on paper depicting face of a man with black hair and wearing a pale purple hat and a red checkered garment; Painting is mounted on series of bamboo slats and then backed with a second piece of paper, the edges wrapped in purple colored paper; Series of strings on front suggest use as kite; Japanese writing on reverse (identical to CAS 1993-0001-0309 and CAS 1993-0001-0310). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 10.0, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 14.7 | |