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" The art of the Japanese kite / "
by Tal Streeter.
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BL
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948136
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b702506
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| Main Entry
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Streeter, Tal.
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| Title & Author
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The art of the Japanese kite /\ by Tal Streeter.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Weatherhill,, 1974.
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181 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 27 cm
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| ISBN
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0834800888
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: 0834801574
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: 9780834800885
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: 9780834801578
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181).
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| Contents
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Giant kite fighting in Shirone -- The Sanjo kite maker Toranosuke Watanabe -- The last kite maker of Tokyo: Edo kite maker Teizo Hashimoto -- Along the Tokaido Road: Suruga kite maker Tatsusaburo Kato -- From Samurai to kite maker: Yokosuka kite maker Matsutaro Yanase -- The insect kites of Nagoya: Sakurai kite maker Semmatsu Iwase -- The Nagasaki fighting kite: Hata kite maker Shigeyoshi Morimoto -- Picnis at the battleground: the Hamamatsu kite festival -- The taste of kites: consummate collector Shingo Modegi -- The world's largest kite, the Hoshubana Showa O-dako -- Bamboo and paper -- Two sculptors who make kites: Tsutomu Hiroi and Tal Streeter -- Tsutomu Hiroi's kites -- Tal Streeter's flying red line -- Oriental kites: a brief history -- The kite's beginning -- Festival and celebration kites -- Fighting kites -- Giant kites -- The recent past -- Make your own kite and fly it -- Make a Japanese kite? -- General characteristics of the Japanese kite -- The bones -- The bridle and flying line -- Designs and design materials -- The tail -- What kind of kite should you make? -- Fly it! -- The wind -- Preparations and launching In the air.
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| Abstract
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"This book is about kites I have seen, kite makers I have spoken with, and kite festivals I have attended."--Prologue.
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Kites-- Japan.
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Cerfs-volants-- Japon.
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Kites.
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Japan.
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| Dewey Classification
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629.133/32/0952
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TL759.4.J3S84 1974
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