Comment - Frontispiece of a small artists portfolio wit three additional kite pictures. The frontispiece shows a simple two point bridled red kanji kite with the character "Storm" ("Arashi"). The desriptors of the additional kites within the small portfolio are written upper right (Bera Tako, ベラ凧;  Asahina ,朝比奈; and Manako Tako, まなこ凧). The cassette upper left shows the title of the small portfolio and the signature of Katsuhira Tokushi. The red characters underneath reads "Kite Pictures" (e-dako, えだこ).

Cf. to the prints of Bera Tako (ベラ凧), Asahina Tako (朝比奈), and Manako Tako, まなこ凧

The portfolio contains a short biography of KATSUHIRA Tokushi.

Series - Folk Art Prints ('Minzoku-ban gashū', '民俗版画')


Artist - see Biography


Signature - "made by KATSUHIRA Tokushi ("KATSUHIRA Tokushi -saku" ,"勝平得之 作")


Publisher - KATSUHIRA Tokushi (勝平得之) (Shin Hanga)

Image Size - 10.7 X 16.1 cm (4 1/7" x 6 1/3") for the single prints, and 19.0 X 25.0 cm (7 1/2" X  9 7/8") for the small portfolio and the included additional small kite picture tablets


Condition - single panels; nishiki-e (cloured woodblock); large yotsugiri (ôban tate-e);