Kites: Paper Wings Over Japan

by TsutomuHiroi (Author), ScottSkinner (Author), TalStreeter (Author), Masaaki Modeci (Author)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.28

  No one knows for certain when the first kite was created. Kites were first documented entering Japan from China via Korea in the first millennium A.D. The kite was for the Japanese a vehicle of wonder and art and a celebration of joy. This delightful book surveys the history and art of creating and flying Japanese kites. 80 illus. 50 in color.