Comment -The limited edition album (n. 23/100) contains the complete Series including frontispiece, one leaf with an ideogram, the colophon, one frame for kite, one leaf with title and two leaves with index engravings, noting all included kite designs, and 18 hand-painted sails on Japanese paper each in their black folder with the stylized design of the sail and the title. All the paintings are executed by KATO Tatsusaburo himself.

Series - 風, Kites of Japan. A Vanishing Art, 1971 - Japan - Copy no. 23/100


Artist - see Biography


Signature -  on each leaf: 'KATO Tatsusaburo' ('加藤達三郎') within his red squared seal and a red, edged leaf-shaped seal stating "genuine kite picture" (Yūmei tako-e, 有名形 風絵)

Publisher - Undida Publishers (Tokyo)


Image Size - Cloth case: 52×3.5×36.5 cm; each leaf: 45.0 x 33.5 cm   (17 3/4" x 13 1/5")


Condition - single sheets; multi coloured painting; ink and color on paper; tate-e